Civil Rights Movement

By steckler24

  • Brown Vs. Board of Education

    Declared segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus

    This led to the start of the Montgomery bus boycot and eventually made the buses desegregated

  • The Little Rock Nine were enrolled

    They were the first black kids to be enrolled in high school and led to other schools being desegregated.

  • Freedom Riders rode the buses

    The Freedom Riders were attacked by angry mobs in Alabama. The black people tested the integration laws because they weren't being enforced.

  • March on Washington

    Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech. It helped prioritize Civil Rights.

  • 24th amendment to the constitution

    poll taxes were ruled unconstitutional.

  • Malcolm X was assassinated

    Another leader of the Civil Rights Movement was assassinated.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated

    The assassination led to hundreds of riots. Different leaders came using different ways of persuading including violent ones.