Civil Rights

By Jacob Rule
  • Brown vs. Board of education

    Brown vs. Board of education

    A decision made by the Supreme Court stating racial segregation is unconstitutional.
  • Emmett Till´s murder

    Emmett Till´s murder

    Emmett was a 14 year old boy who was kidnapped and brutally murdered while
  • Montgomery bus riots

    Montgomery bus riots

    This was a protest made by African Americans who refused to ride the public transit system
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    This was a group of African Americans who enrolled into a school to be prevented from entering the school.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    A group of activists who rode the bus all around America to protest.
  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act

    This was a law allowing people to get the same pay no matter the sex.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    This was a protest to give African Americans more freedom and jobs in America.
  • Birmingham Church Boming

    Birmingham Church Boming

    This took place where a white supremacists bombed 16th Street Baptist Church in order to further segregation.