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montgomery bus boycott
Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader that fought for what he believed in. He was also the leader of Montgomery Improvement Association which created hardships for African Americans. They focused on buses to help to get the African Americans to get to work and run errands. African Americans started car pooling to help their members move around in the city. This created more threats from the Whites and the police harassing them. -
Rosa Parks was arrested
Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed, or rather, sat down for what she believed. She was tired after a long day of work and decided to take a seat on the bus on her ride home.Cause she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. She was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full.Her arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system.She was the woman who helped spark the civil rights. -
Little Rock Crisis
Little Rock Crisis started out with 21 states with segregrated schools. In Little Rock, the governor stated, "blood will run in the streets" when nine African Americans attend Little Rock Central High school. The National Guard was ordered to keep the African American's out of the school, which created the name Little Rock Nine. -
Albany Movement
More than 500 protesters had been jail by mid-december. King promised this saying, "We will wear them down with our capacity to suffer." King was arrested for leading a march and refuse to pay the fine. King stayed in jail until the city agreed to desegregated. Others agreed to continue the campaign until the jail was full. The ninth month the campaign was a defeat for King. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment was submitted into the states for ratification. It banned states for taxing citizens to vote. Many of the southern states had poll taxes to keep African Americans from voting. Poll taxes banned for president or congress, which lead to increase hope that change will be on the way for the citizens. -
Crisis in Mississippi
Three men were arrested for speeding in Philadelphia, Mississippi and held in jail till evening. After leaving jail, they drove off through the night. They were never heard of again. 200 volunteers came to help to find the three missing men.Their where 21 suspects arrested for the murder. They where all part of the Ku Klux Klan. They where the first convictions for murder of a civil rights worker. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It banned discrimination in employment and in public accommodations. President Johnson supported passage of a stong civil rights bill. Some southerns in Congress fought hard to kill it, Johnson signed it into law on July 2,1964. Is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorites, and woman. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act was passed in congress in large majorities. Many civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Parks, James, and Farmers attened the signing ceremony. This was the most imporant pieces for the civil rights leaders. Within weeks, 27,000 African Americans were registered voters. African Officials were elected into state and local offices. -
Poor People's Campaign
It marked an important expansion of the civil rights movement. Changes in the law by 1967 had achieved basic rights for African Americans. King decided to alert the nation to the economic plight not only of African Americans, but of all poor people. It turned out to be a disaster. It caused the SCLC role in the civil rights movement to decline. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was 39 years old when he was assassinated. He went to Memphis,Tennessee to to aid African Americans sanitation workers who were on strike against discrimination in the city's work and pay policies. He led a march to city hall on march 28 and remained in Memphis to speak at a rally on April 3. To give his "I Have a Dream" speech. He was sdeanding on his balcony of his motel when he got shot. In hours rioting erupted in more than 120 cities.
