civil rights movement

  • Keys v. Carolina Coach

    Ruled segregation of interstate public travel was illegal
  • montgomery bus boycott

    Was a form of peaceful protest where African Americans refused to ride public busses resulting in transportation businesses´s to have a massive decline in income.
  • Emmet till case

    Emmet till was a young teen boy who was brutually murdered by 2-3 white grown men over a misunderstanding at a gas station in the 1950´s.
  • Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association

    This act was made to help with fighting against the segregation of busses between whites and colored people. And helped enforce public civil rights.
  • Little Rock Nine Crisis

    Was when nine African American joined a school during times of segregation they had to be escorted by Soldiers to make sure they got to school safely
  • Cooper v. Aaron

    In short terms it was standing for the law that states could not disobey the rulings of the courts in intergretion of students into schools (ex: Little Rock)
  • Albany Campaign

    This campaign was formed to help protest against seggregation of african americans led by African Americans at ANY public area.
  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    He was a civil rights movement activist and his murder was cause of many factors such as death threats, intimidation of (NOI), exposing Mohhamads affairs
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The now 15th amendment was a law created to give all and only fair rights to ANY citizen no matter any physical appearence.
  • Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US

    A issue in 1965 that heart of Atlanta Motel wouldn't accept African Americans violating their civil rights.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    King was murder in April 4th 1968, He was a civil rights leader who fought for civil rights in a peaceful way but was murdered once he was clearly making a stand for his people and was getting attention.
  • fair housing act

    This act was established to fix the problems of discrimination towards housing, as in renting to anyone no matter the race, gender, disabilities.. etc...
  • University of California Regents vs. Bakke

    Ruling no racial profiling in universities as they had seen continious issues.
  • Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record

    Him being an African American breaking a White mans Baseball record and putting a record national
  • Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention

    Barbara stood up and said what she felt towards civil rights and how she believed her people deserve to be respected.

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