-
Brown v. Board of Education.
They made the NAACP so that the colored people could go to school with white people and so that they could stop segregation,discrimination against the colored people and have a better education. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa parks stood up for the colored people on a bus and was arrested for not letting a white man take her seat.And after that day people started not riding the bus to boycott segregated seating. -
The Campaign of 'Massive Resistance' to school desegregation.
The us senator used massive resistance to unite the politicians -
Martin Luther King Jr.
just after the campaign martin begin to speak up for the black community. -
The year of sit-ins were invented
black people had to go to the back of the store they could not go with the white people. -
Television as a catalyst for change.
The News is now able to be broadcasted instead of paying for a news paper every time and you can watch Tv shows and commercials. -
Greensboro sit-in
Was a protest that started in 1960 when young African-American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro and refused to leave after being denied service. -
Freedom rides
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in bus trips through the American South to protest segregated bus terminals.Freedom rider's tryed to use restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations in Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern states that only white people can use. -
interstate commerce on commission
To create rail roads for colored people and eliminate discrimination. -
March on washinton
The march was to pressure J.F.K. to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress.Martin Luther gave his speech and inspired everyone to believe in his dream. -
The letter from brimingham jail
Martin Luther King was imprisoned in an Alabama prison cell and worked on one of the seminal texts of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Malcolm x formerly adovocates self defense and black nationalism
Martin Luther King Jr urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression by any means necessary.Malcolm Little changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his slave name. -
civil rights act
The civil rights act is a landmark,civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion,gender or national origin. -
race riots in Harlem
Race related riots for police brutality. -
the march from Selma to Montgomery
Martin Luther King led thousands of people to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery Alabama.after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma Alabama. -
voting rights act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson was to insure black people the right to vote. -
Dr kings time to break silence speech
Is an anti Vietnam War and pro social justice speech delivered by Martin Luther King before his assassination. -
Lowndes country freedom organisation (LCFO)formed as a political party
was to stop black violence and discrimination at schools. -
civil rights fair housing act
Was to enable the right for blacks and different sexe's to have a fair rental or buying of housing. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
James Earl Ray,a confirmed racist and small time criminal.In early he shot and killed King in Memphis on April 4, 1968, confessing to the crime the following March.
