Civil Rights Movement

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  • Brown .V. Board of Education

    A case of segregation surrounding a African American student that was brought before the Supreme Court. The end of the case began the start of desegregation in education.

  • Rosa Parks Takes a Stand

    African American Rosa Parks, while riding on a public bus, makes the decision not to move for a white man who wants her seat. Her refusal lead to her arrest that day but also sparked the flame for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Only five days after Rosa Parks' arrest, the African American community joins together with Dr. Martin Luther King as their leader and begins to reject riding the buses. On that day, 90% of Montgomery's black citizens stayed clear of the bus system. It was a major moment in the uprising civil rights movement.

  • The Little Rock Nine's First Day

    After the Brown .V. Board of Education case's end, the act of desegreagtion in schools was called for. So in response, a group of nine brave African American students attended the all-white Central High School, while having the be protected by armed officials.

  • Birmingham's Children Marches

    That day marked the start of marches lead by children that would continue on for three more days. The children, while peacefully marching to raise civil rights awareness, were attacked by officials with water hoses and police dogs. Some of the youngest children there were only six years old.

  • March On Washington

    More than 200,000 American marched on Washington to raise awareness of the injustice towards African American. Dr. King also delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

  • Sixteenth Street Church Bombing

    It was Sunday morning that day as bomb went at the Sixteenth Street Church, a place where Dr. King held many organizational meetings for his civil rights movement. The bomb had been set off there to racial hatred. Four young girls died and more than twenty people were injured.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Lyndon B. Johnson that day passed the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed segregation in public facilities and employment.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    A law passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson that day that outlawed literacy tests that African Americans were forced to take in the south before they could possibly vote.

  • Dr. King's Asassination

    That day Dr. Martin Luthor King Jr. was shot to death in Memphis Tennessee by James Earl Ray.