Civil Rights Movement

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  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Linda Brown was denied admission to school in Topeka. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Refused to give up her seat for a white man. Sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.

  • Montgomery bus Boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott was started by Montgomery Improvement Association. Martin Luther King Jr. became leader of the movement.

  • SCLC

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference started in 1957. Made up of African American ministers to eliminate segregation.

  • Civil rights act of 1957

    Intended to protect the rights of African american voters. Passed in 1957.

  • Little Rock

    Governer of Arkansas ordered national Gaurd to prevent black students from entering school. Federal troops entered to allow students to go to school.

  • SNCC

    Student Nonviolent Coordinzting Committee. College students organized to desegregate public places

  • freedom riders

    fJames Farmer organizes the Freedom Riders. Tried to desegragate the interstate bus system.

  • Medgar evers Killed

    Medgar Evers was a leader of the civil rights movement. Hewas killed by a sniper in 1963.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Federal Government to prevent racial discrimination. Most comprehensive civil rights legislation.

  • Voting rights act 1965

    African Americans allowed to vote. Major legislative goal of the Movement

  • MLK Killed

    Martil Luther King Jr killed by a sniper. Killed in Memphis TN