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Brown vs Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional. This opened the doors into the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks a black woman, was sitting in the front of the bus. When asked to give up her seat for a white man, she refused, she was arrested, but stood up for herself even if she was colord. She inspired blacks all across America. -
Crisis at Central Highschool
In Little Rock, Arkansas at Central Highschool, a school for whites, a group of nine blacks were escorted into the school by fedral troops. It represented the goverment's commitment to eliminating seperate schools for blacks and whites. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Blacks were only served in some diners, but in others all races were allowed. In a attempt to gain rights, and oraove a point, many blacks would go to all white diners and sit at the counter, demanding to be served. -
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Freedom Rides
Groups of blacks and whites get on buses and do the opposite of what they are supposed to do, whites would stop the bus and beat the passengers, light the bus on fire, or worse. This showed that not all whites suport discrimination. Alslo it showed the whites that believed in segregation how terrible it was. -
I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gave an inspirational speech to 300,000 blacks and whites, encouraging blacks to fight for their rights. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed
The Supreme Court passed the Civil Rights Act, making segregation illegal in public places and banned employment discrimination. Because of this, blacks became more equal to whites. It helped pave the way for the Voting RIghts Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 & Selma to Montgomery Walk
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 gave blacks the right to vote, and on Feburary 8th blacks were marching and were getting abused. The blacks took the abuse because they wanted to get the act in place, so they tried to prove a point. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
In Memphis, TN, MLK was walking out of his motel room when he was suddenly shot by a sniper from a second story window across the street, Today we celebrate his life every year on his birthday, we celebrate his dedication to the civil rights movement, which he was an important leader in.
