Martin luther king jr.

Civil Rights Movement

By jefferyen10

  • African american teenager beaten to death.

    -The two white men who were charged with murder were acquitted from an all white jury.
  • Period: to

    Civil Rights Movement

  • African American woman arrested for not giving up her seat in a bus

  • King and civil rights leaders create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

  • First legislative movement/action.

    -More of a symbolic act
    -It made the Civil Rights Commission look at the problem
    -Gave out voting rights

  • Nine black students try to atend a all white school

    -School was located in Little Rock Arkansas

  • Eisenhower signed into civil rights

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    -250 000 supporters
    -lead by Martin Luther King, Jr.
    -I have a dream speach was givin

  • Fair Housing Act

    -Makes it unlawful to not sell property to coloured people or raise the price