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Brown Vs. Board of Education
This case was about how schools were supposed to be separate but equal. And the court declared they were not equal. This was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of a bus, and was arrested. Things like this started a boycott against using the busses, crippling the city financially. -
Little Rock Crisis
Nine black girls were absolutely tarnished and humiliated while going to their first day of school at a former all white school. The development of the Brown vs. Board of Education case was the whole reason the girls were allowed to go to school here. -
Integration of Ole Miss
Following the Brown vs. Board of Education, a black man tried to enter a previously all-white school, and riots erupted violently. The mans actions were protected by what the famous case concluded. -
16th Street Church Bombing
An act of racism and terrorism occurred as 4 girls were killed in this black church bombing. Nothing was done for a while. -
No Easy Way Out
This Map shows the struggles across the country in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights Act
This act stopped segregation of public places and stopped employment discrimination. -
Selma to Montgomery
A march from Selma to Montgomery occurs to fight voting laws. I believe that this is a development of the Civil Rights Act directly because this act had nothing to do with their voting power. They were not to be segregated in public, so this oppression was the next step in the movement. The Civil Rights Act was not the end. -
Church Bomber Convicted
Thomas Blanton is convicted after 38 years of 1st degree murder. It took an awful long time, but a white man is finally punished for his actions against African-Americans. -
Boycott Anniversary
The whole nation celebrated the boycott 50 years later. It is recognized as one of the most influential parts of the Civil Rights Movement, and obviously changed lives forever. -
Barack's Inauguration
The nine girls from the Little Rock Crisis were recognized as great, strong, people, and were invited to go to the first black president's inauguration. This is a "thank you".
