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Campaign for the need to double victory against not only over Germany and Japan but also racial prejudice in the United States. Many black veterans were disappointed that the America they had returned still hated them. -
Ruling by the supreme court that segregation in the public schools was “inherently unequal” therefore unconstitutional. This reversed the Plessy vs Ferguson, “separate but equal” -
The first nine black students to be integrated into a previous all white high school due to Brown vs Board of Education (Ruby Bridges was the first student at 6 years old). They were called the little rock nine they attended Central high school in Little Rock, Arkansaw. They were ruthlessly mobbed by white crowds and the army had to be called in to enforce the law -
Rosa Parks sat in “white only” section and refused to move which violated Jim Crow statues that lead to a year long black boycott of city buses and made a statement that they were fed-up and MLK Montgomery, Alabama to 12/20/56 -
9/30/62-10/1/62 James Meredith, a black 29 year old veteran, who was violently attacked when he tried to register for University of Mississippi. Four hundred federal marshals and three thousand troops to enroll Meredith in his first class -
Large movement of 200,000 people in Washington DC where MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Monument came to Washington DC to call for "jobs and freedom". Where MLK gave his "I have a dream.." speach -
Freedom Summer was an unsuccessful voter registration drive to increase the number of black voters in Mississippi. Two white student volunteers, as well as a local black man went missing. Six weeks later their bodies were found. They were killed by the Klu Klux Klan who had been protected by the local police. Outrage over the murders brought international attention to the civil rights movement. It was a contributing factor to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Acts of 1965. -
Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion or country of origin. Segregation in businesses and public spaces such as theaters, restaurants and hotels was also then outlawed and other Jim Crow laws. -
A 600+ peaceful demonstration protesting the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson by a white police officer that turned violent when forcibly stopped by Alabama state and local police at Edmund Pettus Bridge. When demonstrators started to push forward they were viciously beaten and teargassed sending many to the hospital. The entire incident was televised and was a major reason for the passage of the Voting Act of 1965. -
A police officer in Los Angeles, California struck a black bystander and it led to a riot that lasted seven days. Tensions between the black community and police had been growing for years
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1966-80s The Black Panther Party was a organization established by African Americans to promote black power and self-defense through acts of social agitation. Nationally and internationally recognized for their deep connection with community and big part of the Black Power Movement. Black Power empathized black/racial pride and promote black culture, collective and black values, defense from oppression and actions against white supremacy. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His murder set off protests/riots across the country as peopled mourned his death. James Earl, the man that murdered MLK, was a white supremacist who was unhappy with the increase in black influence on US society.
