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The Congress of Racial Equality
Nonviolent civil rights organization founded in 1942 and committed to the "Double V" campaign, or victory over fascism abroad and racism at home. -
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Civil Rights Events
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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that seperate but equal was uncostitutional. -
Emmitt Till
Murdered African American male for whistling at a white woman by her husband and his friends. Led to the Civil Rights movement. -
Rosa Parks/Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks was arested for not giving up her bus seat it sparked a protest where African Americans refused to use the Montgomery Bus system. -
Southern Christian Leadership
Organization whose goals was to mobilize the power of black churches on behalf of African American rights. -
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Formed by students whose aim was to coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other racism issues. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
A letter where Mlk changed his way of approaching the rights African Americans should have. His views shifted. -
“I Have a Dream” Speech
Where Mlk expressed his dreams and goals for African Americans and how they should achieve such dreams. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, bombing
Bombing of an African American church by the KKK that killed four girls in Birmingham, Alabama. -
The 24th Amendment
Eliminated the poll tax as a voting requirement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed public segregation and discrimination, forbade racial discrimination within the workplace. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Assassinated by rival black Muslims. -
Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
King organized a major demonstration in Alabama to press for the right of blacks to register to vote. Selma sheriff led local police in a televised brutal attack on demonstrators. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Banned literacy tests and sent thousands of federal voting officials to the south to regulate registration. -
Executive Order
Desegregated the military. Put into action by Truman. -
Stokely Carmichael
Leader of the SNCC. Coauthored Black Power and the splitting of America into a seperate black and white country. -
The Black Panthers
Used violence as a way to attempt to gain African American equality. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
Banned discrimination in housing, the segregation of education, and transportation, and employment.Helped African Americans get their full voting rights. -
MLK Assassination
MLK was shot and killed outside his hotel room in Memphis by James Earl Ray. His death caused a lot of riots to breakout in different cities acros the US.
