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The Sit-in Movement
This was a suppose to be a peaceful static to protest aganst racist places that served food. Four African American college students walked up to a whites-only lunch counter and asked for coffee. They wanted to be eating in the same area and place as the rest of the white people did. A fact is that, when white people beat the protesters out of the places to eat, the cops arrested the African American protestors for protesting. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Albama. They did this to protest against segragating seating on the buses. When Rosa Parks, an African American, was told to sit in the back of the bus and refused to move her seat. She got arrested for not listening. They fought back by boycotting to teach the bus companies to treat everyone equally. More than 75 percent of the city's bus riders were black. -
The Little Rock 9
This was landmark in the American History. This was the first time nine African American Students enrolled in school with white students. The supreme court ruled that all public school be allowing African American children and White children in one school. Green, was the first African American student to graduate from central High School. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This act gave African American people the same rights as the white Americans. The act was passed once president Esinhower came into office. Such as the righ to vote. And the southern states had to treat all color and race as one. The act was carried on later for disambled and elderly people who hd lost their rights. -
The Freedom Riders
These people were also protestors, protesting against equality in public transportation. The 1961 Freedom Rides sought to test a 1960 decision by the Supreme Court in Boynton v. Virginia.This was, segregation of interstate transportation facilities, including bus terminals. A Fact is that both black and white people did this protest. To show bothe race can ride a bus in peace together. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith, an African American, is escorted onto the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. Marshals, causing a deadly riot. The African American was trying to show that both race can go to the same schools. Wanted to show they are as equal as the white Americans. A Fact is that, before the riot was taken under control, two men had been killed. -
Protests in Birmingham
The organizers thought that if enough people protested, the local government would be forced to "confront" them and this would make national news gaining them support from the federal government and the rest of the country. People would be arrested in these protests, but for doing the right thing. In response of the protestors, they would be bombed by the white Americans. A fact is, that young children would be involed in the protests, and be happy to get arrested and go to jail. -
The March on Washington
The African American people decided to go to the countries capital and protest. They wanted to show the entire nation what was happening to them. This was where, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech, " I Have a Dream." It got many followers to come out and support the civil rights moement. A fun fact is, the organizers didn't think many people would support. But in the end, millions of people watched this even, as it was covered on TV. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. A fact is, that at the time, people were debating over if the act was even constitutional or not. These people really want it passed, because of the way they thought African American people were. -
The Selma March
That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. The president supported this march by securing the protestors, with 1,000 military policemen and 2,000 army troops to escort the march from Selma. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The bill made it illegal to deny African American voting rights. Although the Voting Rights Act passed, state and local enforcement of the law was weak and it was often outright ignored, mainly in the South and in areas where the proportion of blacks in the population was high and their vote threatened the political status of the white people. However, a century after the end of the Civil War, African-American citizens' voting rights were still being circumvented. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. King's death was thought to end the Civil Right Movement. Instead, it got more supporters, and made tem very angry. A fact about his daeth is that, he was hit by a .30-06 caliber rifle bullet that entered his right jaw, traveled through his neck, severing his spinal cord, and stopped in his shoulder blade.
