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Civil Rights Events From 1865 to 1971

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    The Little Rock Nine was about nine African Americans in Little Rock Arkansa. These nine were enforcing the Brown vs. Board of Education. The leaders were Elizabeth Eckford. The result was that Central High School was intergrated.
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    This event was in Montgomey Alabama on January 17, 1957. This movement was a peaceful boycott movement to attract many church leaders. The leaders of this event was Martin Luther King Jr. The result was that everynody got respect and treated right
  • Greensboro sit-in

    Greensboro sit-in
    this is the greensboro sit-in three African American men sat at a bar that was for whites and they refused to move until they got surved then every african american in the town came and sat at that bar. thats what they called civil disobedence.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    The freedom riders happened in Alabama May 14, 1961, it was a group of Non-violent outspoken supporters. The leaders were Civil Rights activist and Martin Luther King Jr. The results were that anybody could sit where they wanted to on the bus.
  • Intergrating University

    Intergrating University
    This event happened in Mississippi on September 14, 1962. James Meredith filled a law suit alleging racial discrimination the case was settled by supreme court.
  • Wilmington riots

    Wilmington riots
    Nine african american men started bombing and shooting snipers at a store. But none were found guilty so they were set free because they didnt do anything.