Civil Rights Allison H. 4th Hour

By AHillst

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    1. Plessy v. Ferguson
    2. Oliver Brown's child was denied access to a whit school in Topeka. 3.State laws that would prevent integrated schools were ruler unconstitutional

  • Lamar Smith Murdered

    Lamar Smith Murdered
    1. Murder of Lamar Smith
    2. Brookhaven, Mississippi
    3. Smith was killed for organizing black voters in a local election.

  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    Rosa Parks Arrested
    1. Rosa Parks refused to move from a forward seat on a bus when a white person asked her to move.
    2. She was arrested.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957
    1. President Eisenhower passed this law.
    2. This law allowed Congress to preserve African American rights. It gave much more protection to voting rights in particular.

  • Events at Little Rock, Arkansas

    Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
    1. Nine African American students were enrolled to go to school at the Central High School. They were met at the school with violent mobs.
    2. The government protected these students by sending in the army. Soldiers would follow the students through their daily routines at the school so that they wouldn't be met with violence.

  • Black Students Stage Sit-In

    Black Students Stage Sit-In
    1. Lunch Counter Sit-In
    2. Greensboro, North Carolina
    3. African American students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in North Carolina.

  • Attack of the Freedom Riders

    Attack of the Freedom Riders
    1. The Freedom Riders would ride buses that traveled in between states to challenge the lack of enforcement of integration laws. 2, The organizations that helped the freedom riders were the CORE, SNCC, and NAACP.
    2. The Freedom riders were composed of both blacks and whites.

  • James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss

    James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
    1. When Meredith tried to enroll at Ole Miss, he was denied admission many times until he filed a lawsuit against the school.
    2. The Governor tried to stop him from entering until Robert F. Kennedy sent in federal marshals to allow Meredith to enter.

  • Birmingham Police Attack Children

    Birmingham Police Attack Children
    1. Birmingham Police Attack
    2. Birmingham, Alabama
    3. Civil Rights marchers, including children, were attacked with dogs and hoses by the Birmingham police force.

  • Medgar Evers Assassinated

    Medgar Evers Assassinated
    1. Medgar Evers was a Civil Rights activist who was the first field secretary of the NAACP. He worked towards gaining equal voting rights for African Americans. 2.Just after Kennedy's Civil Rights address, Evers was shot in the back at his home. His children were there for the assassination.

  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington
    1. The purpose of the March on Washington was to secure welfare and justice for African Americans. It caused JFK to start a civil rights bill in congress.
    2. MLK's famous "I Have A Dream" speech was delivered at this time.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    1. Lyndon B. Johnson passed this law.
    2. It stated that segregation would be ended in public areas and it made it illegal to discriminate as an employer.

  • March to Selma

    March to Selma
    1. The march to Selma was organized to assist black voters to register and be able to vote.
    2. The marchers faced violence from both bystanders and the police.
    3. The result was that Lyndon Johnson called for voting rights legislation to remove the barriers that kept blacks from voting.

  • Viola Gregg Liuzzo Killed

    Viola Gregg Liuzzo Killed
    1. Viola Liuzzo Killed
    2. Selma, Alabama
    3. Liuzzo was transporting African American marchers when she was murdered by the KKK.

  • Wharlest Jackson Killed

    Wharlest Jackson Killed
    1. Wharlest Jackson Murdered
    2. Natchez, Mississippi
    3. After being promoted to a better job, Jackson was murdered because it was considered a "white" job.

  • Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice

    Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice
    1. Before becoming a justice, Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights activist and a lawyer.
    2. I think that this was a monumental event because it was a new an important step in the African American quest for equality.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
    1. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. 2.It was the death of a great man and a great leader. The loss was felt by everyone because he helped so many people to gain their rights.