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Brown V. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of education was a court case in 1954 that banned racial segregation in schools. It reversed Plessy v Ferguson's ruling of "separate but equal" schools system. The Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of education decision did not abolish segregation in other public areas, such as restaurants and restrooms. It also did not have a specific date of when the schools needed to be desegregated -
Power and the vote
This outlawed some forms of discrimination against racial groups. It ended unfair voting registration requirements. Mississippi was also involved. In order for it all to happen we needed to win Mississippi votes. Malcolm X had given a speech at this demonstration as well as the NAACP leader. Also because of all of the voting stuff that was going on Medger Evers was killed. -
Emmett Till
Emmett till was a little back bay who went to go buy candy. On the way back he told a white lady “Bye Baby” because he had told his friends he would do that. Then he went home but later that night some white guy came to his house and took him somewhere. Then couple days later he was found died in a river. -
Montgomery, Alabama
In Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks got arrested for not giving up her seat to a white guy. This caused total chaos in the city. The blacks were outraged. So they decided to do a bus boycott where no African American person road the buses until they were desegregated. That why anyone could sit anywhere they liked. No African American rode the bus for about a month and the buses were mostly empty. So they had to desegregate the buses. -
Little rock nine
Nine African American kids attempted to attend an all white school, Central High School, in Arkansas. The governor, Orval Faubus, refused to let them go and argued that if the schools remained integrated there would be an increase in violence. Woodrow Wilson Mann, the Mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students. -
Greensboro, North Carolina
In North Carolina, four African American college students went to a coffee shop and sat down on the tables. They refused to get up until they were served. Every time a student would get arrested for refusing to leave, more students would come take their spot. They kept doing that until they were served. Other southern cities started to use the sit in method. -
Freedom Riders
In 1961, the Freedom Riders were a group of civil rights activists that went to the segregated south of the United States to defy Jim Crow laws and call for change but were interrupted by angry whites filled with hatred and violence. The local police had often refused to intervene -
The Albany Movement
This event was organized by the SNCC. Martin Luther king jr. was invited to lead the demonstration. This demonstration was held in Albany Georgia.It was a march to city hall. At this march about 500 protesters got jailed. Also king was put in jail. And he decided to stay in jail and not pay his fine but someone came and paid his fine and he got out. He didn’t want to get out of jail so he was very mad. He wanted to stay in jail with the other protesters. -
Birmingham, Alabama
Dr. Martian Luther King Jr. formed marches in Birmingham, Alabama but got arrested violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations took place just over a week after the campaign’s commencement. Fewer adults were willing to risk losing their jobs and or going to jail so King urged children to help. Birmingham police Chief Eugene "Bull" Connor used fire hoses and police dogs to stop the demonstrators. -
March on Washington
The march to Washington was organized by the SNCC. Martin Luther King Jr. said his “Free at Last” speech at this demonstration. 200,000 to 300,000 people attended this demonstration. This was a march for jobs and freedom. It was the largest demonstration even seen in the nation’s capital. Also, the first to have extensive television coverage. -
Civil Rights Act
Three men were involved in the Freedom Summer but went missing on Sunday, June 2. They weren’t found until august 4th and they were buried and beaten for trying to help African Americans register to vote. Shortly after that, President Lynden B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and allowed African Americans the right to vote. -
Selma March
On February 18, 1965, after attending a voting rights rally, the parishioners were attacked by state troopers as they exited the church. . Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot by two of the troopers and died seven days later from gunshot wounds. Americans were then determined more than ever to advance their voting rights struggle. Almost immediately after the funeral of Jackson plans began to be made to march from Selma to Montgomery to petition for a redress of wrongs by the State of Alabama. -
“Bull” Connor’s actions toward protesters
Connor wanted to stop the protesters from protesting. He knew they wouldn’t just stop by telling them to stop so he decided to bring in the police dogs to scare them. They still didn’t get scared. So Connor also turned on the fire houses. Even after doing all this they had arrested 25,000 protesters. -
Bombin of the 16th street baptist church
Between 1947 and 1965, over fifty bombings occurred in Birmingham Alabama, resulting in the city becoming known as "Bombingham." On September 15, 1963 4 young girls were killed while preparing for their Sunday school lesson in the basement of their church and weren’t aware that there was a bomb placed by segregationists, designed to kill and maim in protest of the forced integration of Birmingham's public schools. Angry blacks rioted and the civil authorities responded with great violence. -
MLK's assassination
King knew he was going to get assassinated, it was only a matter of time. He received constant death threats because he was fighting for rights in the civil rights movement. He confronted death a lot, making it a central part of his philosophy. He believed, and taught, that murder could not stop the struggle for equal rights. He was shot by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968.
