Achievements of the Civil Rights Movement

By sholsey2020

  • Jackie Robinson Integrating MLB

    Made history when he broke baseball's color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had an impact on the Civil Rights Movement because he inspired a generation of African Americans to question the doctrine of "separate but equal" and became a living milestone for racial equality.

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Supreme Court Case that challenged the doctrine "separate but equal" important to Civil Rights because it became a landmark case for following Supreme Court case decisions.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Supreme Court decision that effectively ended racial segregation in public schools. Impacted the Civil Rights movement because school segregation became unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man, impacted the Civil Rights Movement because her defiant stance prompts a year-long Montgomery bus boycott.

  • Nonviolent Protests

    Sixty black pastors and Civil rights leaders from several southern states-including Martin Luther King Jr.-meet in Atlanta, Georgia to coordinate nonviolent protests against racial discrimination and segregation. Impact on the Civil Rights movement is that it would lead the way for more protests to come.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students are blocked from integrating into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Impact on the Civil Rights movement is that even with the harassment black students had successfully integrated a school and were politically backed by President Eisenhower because he sends troops to escort the students.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law to help voter rights. Impacted the Civil Rights Movement because it allowed federal persectution of those who suppress another's right to vote.

  • Woolworth Lunch Counter

    Four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina refuse to leave a "whites only" lunch counter without being served. Impacted the Civil Rights Movement because their nonviolent demonstration sparks similar "sit-ins" throughout the city and in other states.

  • Governor Wallace

    Governor George C. Wallace stands in a doorway at the University of Alabama to block two black students from registering. The standoff continues until President John F. Kennedy sends the National Guard to the campus. Impact of Civil Rights movement because it shows the movement had political support.

  • March on Washington

    Approximately 250,000 people take part in The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King gives the closing address in front of the Lincoln Memorial and states, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’” Impacted Civil Rights because the march successfully pressured the administration to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress.

  • The Civil Rights Movement of 1964

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Title VII of the Act establishes the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to help prevent workplace discrimination, therefore, impacted the Civil Rights Movement because its passing was a success.

  • Selma to Montgomery March

    In the Selma to Montgomery March, around 600 civil rights marchers walk to Selma, Alabama to Montgomery—the state’s capital—in protest of black voter suppression. Local police block and brutally attack them. After successfully fighting in court for their right to march, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders lead two more marches and finally reach Montgomery on March 25. Impact on Civil Rights is that it tried to protect the rights of black voters.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. It also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling place. Impact on the Civil Rights movement is that the protests against voter suppression were successful.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, providing equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin. Impact on the Civil Rights Movement because it shows the efforts of civil rights activists brought about legislation to end segregation, voter suppression and discriminatory employment and housing practices.