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Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws seperating blacks and whites from going to the same public school unconventional. This allowed for blacks to go to school with white, and this was importet because it was the start of the Civil Rights Movement in getting blacks equal to whites. An importent person involved was Thurgood Marshall. -
Rosa Parks' Arrest
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger. This was signifigent because it showed people the way that black people were treated and was one of the motivators to stopping the mistreatment of blacks. People invovled were Rosa Parks and the white passenger, -
Little Rock 9
On September 4th of 1957, 9 African American Students were denied enterence into Little Rock Central High School. The students involved were Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo Beals. The reason why this is an importent event is because it was one of the first events that was involving personal denial of blacks entering school. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
In Feburary of 1960, a series of nonviolent protests were held at a Woodworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina. These protests lead to the Woolworth Department Store chain to seice its racialsegrigation policy in the Southern U.S.A. The main people involved are four black students of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The reason this was importent was because of the fact that the Woodworth Stores seiced their racial policies. -
Freedom Rides
On May 4th, 1961, the Freedom Rides was launched, an action in which 13 African Americans and White citzens rode in opposing buses, bethrooms, waterfountains, and vise versa. This was meet with violence at first, but over the months they were able to get the ratial segrigation on buses lifted so that both blacks and whites could ride on the same buses. The people invovled were the 13 African Americans and white citizens, and this was importent because it was another step to ending segrigation. -
March on Wahington D.C.
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march to the White House. Over 200,00 peopel were involved and Martin was able to give his 'I Have A Dream' speech at this march. The march was to try and nonviolently inact racial justice and help other African Americans to have just as many rights as normal White citizens. This was VERY importent because it was the last piece to helping the gov't realize this problem and begin to fix it. -
The Civil Rights Act
On the 2nd iof July in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed and approved; this act was to give all people of any races, color, sex, and national origin the ability to get a job, allowing for the African Americans to finally have some true righst. The main people involved were John F. Kennedy and his son, along with other importent gov't officals. -
Voting Righst Act
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Righst Act, which ended all legal barriers that held back African American citizens, finally giving them as many rights as white citizens. This was VERY VERY VERY importent because it was the end of the Civil Righst Movement due to the African citizens of the U.Ss finally being able to have righst. The people involved were the President of the time and the other gov't officals who approved otf the act.
