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Brown vs. Board of Education
Oliver L. Brown went to court on May 18th, 1954 to address to the Court that it is unconstitutional to have racial segregations in public schools. A unamious vote was cast and decided that racial segregation violated the U.S Constitution. The Supreme Court looked through all school segregation actions together. The Court decided to ban racial segregation in ALL public schools in the U.S. -
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline
As you travel through this timeline, you will learn about the hard and gruesome times of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was tired after spending the day at work as a department store seamstress. She stepped onto a bus for a ride home and sat in the 5th row. The front few rows were ONLY given to white passengers boarding the bus. James Blake, bus driver, ordered Rosa Parks to move, so that a white man could sit. Rosa refused to move, she was later arrested and had to pay a fine of $10. Rosa's arrest caught the attention of the United States. -
Crisis at Central Rock High school and the "Little Rock Nine"
The Little Rock NIne was 9 black students enrolled at a formally ALL white Central HIgh school. The Arkansas National Guard prevented any of the nine black students from entering the school. Weeks later, President Dweight D. Eisenhower attemped to allow the students to enter the school. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Four African American students sat down at a lunch counter and politely asked for service. Lunch counters were only reserved for white people. They were told they would not be served, so they refused to exit the restraunt. The students were later taken to jail. When the students returned from jail they repeated this action multiple times. -
Freedom Rides
Seven African Americans and whites would ride a series of bus trips through the Southern US to protest againist racial segregation. In interstate bus terminals the group encountered tremendous amounts of white protesters. Five months later, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting bus tours for the group nationwide.This ended racial sgregation in southern US transits. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested
MLK Jr. was arrested for protesting poor treatment towards blacks in the capitol of Alabama. While Dr. King was in jail he wrote a letter to the newspaper explaining why he had chosen to break the law. Other African Americans including Martin Luther King were willing to go to jail, for the fight of civil rights. -
"I have a dream" speech
Also on the step of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr., gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. MLK's soaring address climaxed the day, the phrase "I have a dream" came as an expression as the highest inspiration of the Civil Rights Movement. -
March on Washington D.C
The first march was purposed by A.Phillip Randolph on August 28th, 1963, but then President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an excutive order 8802 in June 1941, forbidding any discrimination defense contractors. The march on Washington was canceled. The new march for jobs and freedom attracted 2,000 black and white American citizens. They shared songs of prayers read by a celebrated array of civil rights leaders, politicians, and entertainers. Also on the step of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther -
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham bombed
The 16th Street bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism performed by the KKK. This was marked as a turning point in the civil rights movement. It also contributed to support the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Martin Luther King spoke at the funeral about life being "as hard as crucible steel". -
Civil Rights Act 1964 passed
The Civil Rights Act was to provide in the injunctive releaf against discrimination in public accomonations. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X went to the United States Capitol to hear the Senate debate on the bill. The "Southern Bloc " on March 30th, 1964 was a full senate debate on the bill.18 democrats and one republican attendend the debate. 54 days later, Republican Senators created a subsitute bill to appeal to more republicans to vote. On July 2nd, 1964 the bill was passed. -
Selma to Montgomery March
The death of Jimmie Jackson caused the first march. Over 600 people were killed and police forced 2,500 protestors to turn around after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. On March 6th, was the date of the third march and was protected by 2,000 soliders and 1,900 members of Alabama National Guards. The marchers final arrived in Montgomery on March 24th and in the state capitol on March 25th. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
The Voting Rights Act was to enforce the 15th amendment. Ablabama police officers attacked marchers participating in Selma to Montgomery March. Reconstruction Amendments were created. On August 6th, 1965 the bill was passed and African Americans were now allowed to vote. -
Martin Lurther King Assassinated
On April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee, Martin Luther King was shot by James Earl Ray on his hotel balcony. An uprising of riots we formed after Dr. King's death. A world wide man hunt was triggered for the arrest of Ray. Lyndon B. Johnson decarled April 7th a day of mourning for the lost of Dr. King. On July 19th, 1968 was when James Earl Ray was capture and aressted at a London Airport. The United States had lost a great leader. This marked the end to the Civil Rights movement.
