-
This event was one of the most significant trials in U.S History. Segregation of White and a Black Children-This Supreme Court case ended segregation in classsrooms and schools
-
This boycott happened when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat after a long day of work.
-
The action that Rosa Parks took which was refusing to give up her seat forever changed the life of many African-Americans because it would lead to the desegregation of bus seating.
-
This event marked the first time African-American students entered an all-white school.
-
This was a form of protest created by college students that involved colored people sitting in the white section of a diner and wait to be served.
-
Freedom Riders- The congress on Racial Equality organized these techniques by placing black and white volunteers next to each other on buses and other form of public transportation.
-
James H. Meredith was a crucial figure during the American Civil Rights Movement. By having a federal court approve his case to attend an all-white school in Mississippi, riots broke out and in turn paved the way for equality in the U.S.
-
Birmingham Alabama, was the most racist city in the south during this time. Policemen would brutally attack rioters and Firemen would use a firehose to stop them.
-
This event occurred when Martin Luther King jr gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the Washington memorial in front of thousands of people.
-
In the summer of 1964, forty-one Freedom Schools opened in the churches, on the back porches, and under the trees of Mississippi.
-
This made it easier for African-Americans to vote in the south which was a major development after the civil rights movement.
-
This was a march from Selma to Montgomery nicknamed “Bloody Sunday” due to the braurlaity and violence troops used against the peaceful demonstrators.
-
This law changed the lives of African-Americans because it banned literacy tests and ensured that people knew what they were doing when it came to voting.
-
After the 1960s Civil Rights Movement segregated schools became illegal children of all races were able to go to school together.
-
Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee, in 1968 this impacted many people because they didn’t know what they were going to do.
-
This act was created because of King’s death it prevented housing discrimination based in race, sex, national origin, and religion.
