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Ferguson, Missouri 1.) Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S supreme court ruled separate but equal. 2.) They tired integrating the kindergarten but they didn't allow it. 3.) They outlawed public segregation in schools
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Belzoni, Mississippi 1.) Mr. Smith was leading a voter-registration March when he was killed by white protesters
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Montgomery, Alabama 1.) Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. 2.) She was arrested and she sparked the protests
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1.) Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights act of 1957 2.) The goal of the 1957 Civil Rights Act was to ensure that all Americans could exercise their right to vote.
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Little Rock, Arkansas 1.) Nine students entered a all white school and riots broke out and the United States military was sent to up hold peace 2.) The 101st Airborne were sent to Little Rock to protect the nine students
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Greensboro, North Carolina 1.) Black students from a local school sat in a white only section in a diner
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Montgomery, Alabama 1.) The freedom riders rode interstate buses into segregated states 2.) The CORE, SNNC, and the NAACP helped the freedom riders 3.) The freedom riders clashed with the whites at Montgomery Alabama
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Taylorsville, Mississippi. 1.) Cpl. Roman was riding a bus when he was thrown out and beaten and killed by the police force
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University of Mississippi 1.) When James tried to enroll into ole miss the school board denied him multiple times 2.) The government got involved by sending marshals then the military
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Attalla, Alabama 1.) Willam was killed by white activists during a march against segregation
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Jackson, MS 1.) Medgar Evers was a Civil Rights activists 2.) Megar Evers just came home from a meeting with NAACP lawyers when white activists killed him
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Washington DC 1.) Protesters marched on Washington demanding civil rights and economic rights to African Americans 2.) This is where the famous speak "I Have A Dream' was given
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US Congress 1.) Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2.) This stated the act to enforce the constitutional right to vote
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Colbert, Georgia 1.) Lemuel was driving north when he was ambushed by klansmen and he was executed
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Selma, Alabama 1.) These marches were part of a voting rights movement for African Americans 2.) The protesters faced white protesters and state police 3.) This resulted in the introduction of the voting rights bill
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Memphis, TN 1.)MLK came back from a rally and was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel when he got there 2.) The assassination widened the gape between whites and blacks and it angered many blacks
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US 1.) Marshall was a lawyer before he became a Supreme court justice member 2.) It furthered the civil rights movment
