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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man and in return was put into custody. Everyone was so mad they refused to ride the bus anywhere.
Fun Fact: Black churches donated shoes to people so that they could walk and follow through with the boycott. -
9 African American students entered a school in Arkansas after the supreme court decided they wanted the whole country to have integrated schools.
Fun Fact: One of the students, Melba Patillo later became an NBC news reporter. -
Eisenhower made it illegal to interfere with blacks rights to vote.
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Four African American students sat at a white counter and waited to be served. Soon many others followed.
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Many civil rights activists took bus rides protesting segregation.
Fun fact: When they got to states like Alabama, the activists were beaten or their buses were set on fire. -
Two people died during riots on the university of Mississippi campus after an African American tried to enroll in the school.
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Campaign to stop segregation in Birmingham.
Fun fact: In September of that year, the schools were integrated. -
250,000 people marched for the rights of blacks segregation and job discrimination.
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President Johnson made it illegal to segragate businesses.
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This was a 54 mile March led by Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery. This helped raise awareness of how hard it was for blacks to vote.
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No racial discrimination in voting.
Fun fact: Considered to be the most effective piece of civil rights legislation in the US. -
James Earl Ray plotted and killed King on April 4, 1968. This was after a speech.
