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Brown vs. Board of Education
In 1954 in Topeka, Kansas Oliver Brown; a parent to Linda Brown, sued the school system in Topeka. He claimed the white and black schools were not equal and never would be. Linda and her sister had to walk a long ways to get to their all black school, so they tried to gain entrance to the whites school close to their house. They were denied. Because Brown wwon his case many colored people were given hope that "seperate but equal" would come to an end. -
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Montgomery Bus boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined.Because of this the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system. -
Centra High School and the "Little Rock Nine"
In 1957 the all-white Central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas was forced to accept nine African-american students. Elizabeth Eckford one of the "little rock nine" tried to enter the school but was faced with an angry white mob. They faced a tough year at school but paved the way for integrated schools throughout the South. -
Greensboro Sit-ins
Four African Americans sat down at the lunch counter in the Woolworth's in Greensboro. The restaurant refused to serve them so they stayed in their seats until the store closed. Each day more and more African Americans came and none were served. More and more sit-ins started taking place at other segregated lunch bars. Eventually it worked the woolseoth's de-segretated their lunch bar. Sit-ins also led to many more changes in other places to allow colored people in. -
Freedom Rides
In the summer of 1961 a group of young blacks and whites planned a trip together from Washington D.C to Louisiana.They were protesting the segregated bus stops. The busses were attacked many times, one even being firebombed. No freedomriders reached Louisiana but their non-violent protests earned them victory when segregated bus travel was outlawed. -
March on Washington DC "I Have a Dream Speech"
More than 250,000 people peacefully gathered in Washington D.C. They prayed, sang, and listened to speeches. Dr. MArtin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. They were supporting a civil rights bill to guarantee equal rights for African-Americans.On July 2, 1964 the Act was passed -
Civils Rights Act 1964 Passed
The civils rights act was Signed into action by President Lyndon Johnson. It guranteed equal rights for African-Americans, cut government funding for segregated businesses, and forbid segregation on the grounds of race, religion or national origin. -
Selma to Montgomery March
Protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. The protesters, under the protection of the National Guard, finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. The historic march, and MLK's participation in it, greatly helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South, and the need for a Voting Rights Act. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
Peaceful protestors from the Selma, to Montgomery March were attacked; because of this President Lyndon Johnson called for comprehensive voting rights legislation.Thus the Voting Rights Act of !965 was born and signed into action on August 6, 1965. It banned literacy test and other methods used to unfairly turn blacks away from the polls. It also gave federal power to oversee areas where less than 50% of the non-white population had voted.
