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Brown Vs. Board of Education Decision
The Brown vs. Board of Education was a case in the supreme court in which the court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for blacks and whites as unconstitutional. This meant that the court felt that separate educational facilities were unequal. This was significant to civil rights movement because it allowed blacks to receive an equal education to that of whites. -
Rosa Parks Is Arrested
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist was arrested in Montgomery Alabama because parks refused to give up her seat under the order of bus driver James F. Blake in order for a white man to be able to sit in a row where no blacks were seated. This was significant because it lead to the start of the bus boycott which was very successful because 75% of people who took the bus were black. And led to the desegregation of busses. -
Little Rock Nine
The little rock nine was a group of nine African American students who went to the Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were to enroll in an all white school in the 1957 school year in an attempt to desegregate schools. The significance of this was that blacks had reached a new landmark in desegregation by establishing an equality of education, which gave blacks a greater chance in achievement for future years by receiving a better education. -
MLK Junior's I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “I Have a Dream” was delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the Lincoln Memorial in which he called for an end to racism in the United states. The significance of this speech is that it may well have been the greatest speech given of all time and brought a lot of attention and support to the demand for racial justice. -
Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act of 1964 found the discrimination against racial, ethnic and women unlawful. It was signed on July 2 by Lyndon B. Johnson and also ended racial segregation in public places such as schools. The significance of this event was that it was the first time in history where racism was outlawed.
