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Well before the civil rights act was even brought to discussion, the NAACP was organized as a result of the harsh Springfield riots from the year before. It would be the first major group to bring together the black community and provide a safe space peacefully fighting for civil justice since the freeing of slaves. The NAACP is one of the oldest examples of normalized equality, and the group along with its efforts still exists today and continues the fight. -
Essentially the most brutal attack against the black community to occur in the U.S. was the Tulsa race massacre, the victims being an entire black neighborhood. It was started by a mob solely because one man was accused of assaulting an elevator operator with no legibility or proof. The violence would eventually result in a killing of up to 500 black individuals. The event still remains relevant to the town, being just one of the many examples of the devastation black people have went through. -
On this day, a group of 9 African American boys would be arrested due to untrue rape allegations. Two white women would claim that the group assaulted them on a freight train, which would lead to a 6 year period consisting of multiple trials and controversy surrounding the case, with a few of the boys never receiving justice. While it occurred decades before the civil rights movement, it still serves as a major reminder to society of just 1% of what the black community has undergone in the U.S. -
Jackie Robinson was an astounding baseball player who happened to be black and would join the mlb, debuting by being on the dodgers. He would successfully play for them, breaking the mlb color barrier, and being the first person to end segregation for baseball. -
This Supreme Court case’s ruling would overturn plessy vs ferguson and eventually lead to the abolishing of segregation as we know it. The winning side of the case itself specifically aimed to end segregation in schools, and it did so successfully. The Supreme Court deemed the concept of “separate but equal” unconstitutional for good. -
Emmett Till was a 14 year old black boy that would be murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman in a store. She would later admit to lying, and yet walk free for her entire life. His mother made his autopsy photos public, and the severity of his corpse’s condition would spark outrage. It is known in history as the start to the civil rights movement, and his mother would refer to him as the sacrificial lamb, since it took a young boy being brutally murdered for people to finally wake up. -
The bus boycott was started when Rosa parks, who was obeying the law and sitting in the colored section of a bus, yet she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man. Due to this unjust arrest, the black community of Alabama came together to refuse riding any bus, coming up with their own means of public transportation. It would eventually lead to the desegregation of American, namely the public transportation industry. -
This name refers to 9 black high school students who would be the first group to desegregate a significantly large school after the results of Brown vs the board of education. On their first attempt, they were stopped by literal military forces, however they would later be successful due to the help of Eisenhower’s association and renowned for their efforts in the civil rights movement. -
At the age of 6, Ruby Bridges was the first kid to desegregate the all white elementary school in New Orleans. She did so facing mobs of angry white people and was escorted by police (I think), and would be in a class alone because, firstly, only one teacher was willing to teach her and secondly every other student was removed from the class due to fear. This first grader would be so significant to the movement due to the amount of bravery it took make the first move. -
MLK was arrested and held for 8 days in Birmingham, where he compiled a letter addressed to 8 white clergymen. It would be arguin that protest is necessary, and is where “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” comes from. It would promote a semi-new perspective, and changed the minds of many. -
Led by MLK, this would be one of the biggest peaceful protests of the movement. The main goal and focus of this specific one was fair wages, but it also contributed to the overall fight to end segregation and have full voting rights like the rest of the movement. This is where the “I have a dream” speech was given by MLK, the thing that he is most famous for, and roughly one of the prime events that harnessed so much support for civil rights. -
Under president Lyndon b Johnson, congress would pass the civil rights act amidst the Civil Rights movement. This act is essentially the thing that lawfully prevents discrimination of any kind publicly, enforcing equality. If it weren’t for this, the decreasing of prejudice, especially racism that has been seen in society amongst these last decades most likely would’ve never been possible. While hate crimes and discrimination are still around, the quantity is much smaller and it remains illegal. -
Just a year after the civil rights act was passed, Malcolm X would be shot dead at the Audubon Ballroom by two individuals that came from the Nation of Islam, that Malcolm had previously left in order to be a civil rights leader. -
Signed by Lyndon b Johnson, the act and law would attempt to enforce that the African American population would not face any discrimination or hate crimes when it came time for them to vote like any ,other citizen. It helped push the community further to equality and the normalization of their participation in the nuclear American activities, being included in major national decisions likewise. -
The first ever black Supreme Court justice was Thurgood Marshall. This showed empowered the black community so heavily, and showed the nation that they can make decisions for the government just like the rest. He used his power to continue fighting for and promoting civil rights, gaining him quite the reputation and contributing to the movement so significantly that he became one of the faces of it. -
MLK was essentially the most significant figure in the civil rights movement, he promoted mainly peace between races and an end to racially motivated violence. so when he was assassinated at a motel, it caused a large uproar of public outrage and civil unrest, including widespread riots and some military action.
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