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Abolishment of Slavery.
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It gave citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed."
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Allowed all men to vote, regardless of "race, color or previous servitude."
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Made segregation legal as long as it was "separate but equal"
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Started the integration of society, beginning with the school systems.
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The arresting of Rosa Park started a 381 day bus boycott. She refused to give her seat up to a white man. This eventually lead to blacks and white being ordered to ride the bus together and not in designated areas.
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A woman named Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1st, for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. This lead to a boycott, the blacks refused to ride the buses for 381 days, killing the busing business so much they got rid of bus segregation..
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MLK jr. was a leading man in the Civil Rights movement. One of his most famous speeches was titled "I have a Dream." " Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." He rallied for equality and a peaceful fight.
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James Meredith was the first black man to attend the University of Mississippi. He hoped to put pressure on the government to move forward with the Civil rights movement. He also planned a 220 mile "March against Fear", yet, on the second day, he was gunned down. When others heard of this, they joined in, some 15,000 marchers. During this time around 4,000 African Americans registered to vote.
