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Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka
This was a landmark where the Court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional or not. -
Emmett Louis Till
An African-American boy who was murdered in Mississipi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. This led to the civil rights movement because it was a hate crime because he was an African-American talking to a White woman. -
Rosa Parks and the bus boycott
Rosa Parks stepped onto the bus for the ride home and sat in the fifth row which is the first row of the "colored section". Bus driver James Blake ordered her and three other African-Americans seated neraby to move to the back of the bus. She was arrested and fined 10 dollars when she refused to move. She started a revolution as soon as she took that seat on the bus. -
The formation of Southern Christian leadership conference (SCLC)
Formed an organization to coordinate and support non-violent direct action as a method of desegregating bus systems across the south. -
Little Rock, Arkansas - Central High School integration
The African-American kids snuck in through the side entrance. The Arkansas national guard went there and blocked the gate which led to the kids sneaking in. -
Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's sit-in
At 4:30pm four students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat down at the lunch counter inside the Woolworth's store at 132 South Elm Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. The men, later known as the Greensboro Four, ordered coffee. Following store policy, the lunch counter staff refused to serve the African American men at the "whites only" counter and the store's manager asked them to leave. The four stayed until the store closed. -
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Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court -
Stokely Carmichael - "Black Power" - Seattle
Carmichael made the trip by train from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi, to integrate the formerly "white" section on the train. Before getting on the train in New Orleans, they encountered white protestors blocking the way. Carmichael says that “They were shouting. Throwing cans and lit cigarettes at us. Spitting on us.” Eventually, they were able to board the train. They went out to lunch and were arrested for "disturbing the peace". -
James Meredith, University of Mississippi
After being barred from entering on September 20, on October 1, 1962, he became the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi. White students and anti-desegregation supporters protested his enrollment by rioting on the Oxford campus -
Birmingham, Alabama Protests- "Fire Hoses"-Televised
a massive direct action campaign to attack the city’s segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham’s merchants during the Easter season, the second biggest shopping season of the year. -
Martin Luther King Arrested, "Letters From Birmingham Jail"
King wrote the letter from the city jail in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was confined after being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign, a planned non-violent protest conducted by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference against racial segregation by Birmingham's city government and downtown retailers. An editor at the New York Times Magazine, Harvey Shapiro, asked King to write his letter for publication in the magazine. -
"March On Washington"
one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. It took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony during the march. -
24th Amendment To The Constitution
The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. This lead to the civil rights movement because poll taxes were made to prevent African-Americans to vote -
Civil Rights Act 1964
a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. This lead to the civil rights movement because it ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace -
Malcom X Shot
Less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group. This lead to the civil right movement because he was one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. -
Voting Rights March "Bloody Sundays"
Five hundred or so activists gathered to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks in the state. This lead to the Civil Rights Movement because it motivated people to take action. -
Voting Rights Act
is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.[ -
Watts riot
This riot took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles and 34 people had been killed. This all started because Frye had been arrested for suspicion of being intoxicated. They had to call in backup to subdue this man, and a crowd had surrounded the police officers and Frye. The next day, the riot had begun. -
Formation of the Black Panthers
In 1966, Huey was released from prison and joined a Black power group, RAM. RAM had talked about seperate black political organizations. They had a huge impact on the society, and even the environment. -
Martin Luther King assassination
King had received death threats for an on-going period, not paying much attention to them. He knew what had happened to JFK was going to happen to him as well. He was supporting Black-White equal rights at Lorraine Motel in Memphis when he was shot while standing in a balcony. This motel later became the National Civil Rights Museum. -
Civil Rights Act 1968
This was a landmark piece of legislation that provided for equal housing oppurtunities regardless of race, creed or or national origin. This was put in because of the King Assassination. This was to prescribe penalties for certain acts of violence or intimidation. -
Democratic National Convention - "The whole world is watching"
This was an iconic chant by the antiwar demonstrators outside of the Chicago Hotel. It was taped and broadcasted. The next year it was a title show.
