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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was when African Americans stopped riding city buses. On buses, African Americans were to sit in the back, while whites were allowed to sit in the front. A black woman named Rosa Parks was told to move out of the front and give up her seat for a white man. She refused and was arrested, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students were blocked out of a school, even after Brown vs Board of Education. The school was a former all-white school, but segregation laws had changed, allowed any race to go to any school. Since the nine students were not allowed into the school, President Eisenhower had to bring in the National Guard to bring them into school. -
Greensboro Sit-In
Four African American Students refused to leave a lunch counter called Woolworth's. The policy at Woolworth's was that one may not sell to anyone other than whites. After the black students were refused service because of this policy, they would not leave the restaurant. Others then joined and many were arrested for trespassing. -
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Freedom Rides
Seven black men and six white men went on a bus to the South to see if they would be discriminated against. After the Boynton vs Virginia, buses were not supposed to be segregated or discriminate against blacks, although, it still happened. The farther south the men went, the more violent and brutal whites were towards them. In Mississippi, they were attacked by over 1,000 white men. This made African Americans upset, causing others to protest and become a part of freedom rides. -
March on Washington
About 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to protest about jobs, freedom, and inequality. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a famous speech called, "I Have a Dream," which was a very moving speech about his dreams for the future of equality and fairness with African Americans and whites. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned public segregation. It was illegal to segregate and discriminate based on race, sex, and religion. -
Freedom Summer
Voting in Mississippi was sponsored by civil rights organizations and many black people were starting to vote. The Ku Klux Klan, police, and state and local authorities caused violence and murder among some of the black men trying to vote. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment banned Congress and states from making poll taxes a requirement to vote. This way, nobody was denied voting rights if they were not able to pay the taxes. -
Selma Campaign
Many people joined a 57-mile march to the Montgomery, Alabama to protest civil rights and black voting rights. Some protestors were attacked and killed from whites and had to receive protection from the National Guard. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowed blacks the right to vote from state and local elections. Before the act, blacks had to take literacy tests before voting, making it hard for them to be able to vote. Because this act was passed, blacks no longer need to do anything different than white men in order to vote. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X was a black Muslim and created a group called the Afro-American Unity. People believed that he became too powerful and talked bad about JFK's assassination, which made him unwanted by the Nation of Islam. Later, the Nation of Islam members shot him to death. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Also known as the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 made it illegal to discriminate against anyone based off of sex, religion, and color concerning housing and finance. Everyone was to be equal and have an equal amount of troubles into finding a new home. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in the neck with a sniper as he was at his motel in Tennessee by a man named James Earl Ray. King was only 39 years old when he was killed. The assassination created anger and mourning among those in the United States, especially those who had followed him in his peaceful protests.
