Civil Rights Movements for Black Americans

By Spadgey Crodulas Waffleton
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    Civil Rights

    The crucial timespan for the equality of Blacks and Whites

  • The Harlem Resistence

    1920-1930s
    This is an artistic and intelectual movement that created a new cultural identity.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing togive up her seat to a white person, to December 20, 1956

  • SCLC

    In 1957 King and other activists form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. This group was used to conduct non-violent protests

  • Crisis in Little Rock

    The crisis in Little Rock, in which nine black students were to begin the school year in a previous all-white school, begins. The Governor deploys the state's National Guard to support segregationist protesting,

  • "I Have Dream"

    A public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Mississippi civil rights workers' murders

    Three American civil rights' workers were shot at close range by members of the Ku Klux Klan, The three had been working on the "Freedom Summer" campaign, attempting to register African Americans to vote.

  • Jim Crow Laws

    This year marked the end of the Jim Crow Laws that had black people in fear from 1876-1965

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Bashing of Rodney King

    African-American who became nationally known after being beaten by Los Angeles police officers.

  • Barack Obama

    The first African-American President of the United States.