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Brown vs. The board of Education of Topeka Kansas
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Rosa Parks
in Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks refused to get up to let a grown white man sit on the bus in a white section when the seats were filled. they called the police and she got arrested and was fined $10.00 -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
after Rosa Parks got arrested many people decided to stop using the bus system to go to work. The Government relied highly on the bus system for money so when they stopped the economy went down. this boycott lasted from December 1 1955- December 20 1956. Martin Luther King decided to call off the boycott and the comunity agreed -
Formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
on January 10, 1957 Dr. King invited 60 black prechers, leaders, and ministers to the Ebeneezer church in Atlanta Georgia.his goal was to support nonviolent direct action as a method of desegragating the bus sytem in the south. -
LIttle Rock 9 integrate Arkansas public school
in Little Rock Arkansas, nine African American students enrolled in Litlle Rock Central High School. when they went they were stopped by Orval Fablus who was the governor. they soon got to go to the school after the meeting with Dwight D Eisenhower. -
Wool Worth Sit In
this was a series of nonviolent protests in Greenboro, North Carolina.this led the woolworth department stores reverse its policy on racial segragation. -
Ruby Bridges Integrates New Orleons public schools
in 1960 NAACP asked if ruby bridges would join the integrated school. her mother wanted her to go becuase the school was nicer but her father was hesitant. she did attend. -
Freedom riders
a group of 13 African Americans and white civil rights activists created freedom rides which is a series of bus trips through the american south to protest segregation. -
24th Amendment Passed
the amendment ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many african americans. It gave African Americans political power. -
James meredith enrolls in the University of Mississippi
after highschool James spent nine years in the airforce. He was in an all black school in 1961. in 1962 he enrolled in an all white school. He got accepted until they saw his race so they denied. He filed a lawsuit but didnt win. -
"Bull" Connor violence becomes national news
martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in Birmingham Alabama when Bull Connor was there.While MLK Jr was giving his speech Bull Connor used fire hydrants to blast water on to him and let the dogs go out. He soon beacame disliked. -
Martin Luther King jr. Writes Letters from a Birmingham Jail.
the letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistence to racism.The letter talks about it syas people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws. -
MLK March on Washingtonand "Ihave a dream" speech
Martin Luther talked about how he wanted his kids to have equality and how he wanted them to join together despite the race. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act which was enacted on July 2, 1964, was a milestone for the civil rights legislation in the US. the act outlawed discriminationbasedon race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.this act ended unequal application of voter registation requirements and racial segregation. -
Malcolm X assasinated
While he was in New York, malcolm X, who was an Africa American nationalist and religious leader, was assasinated by rival black muslims while addressing his organization. -
Selma March "Bloody Sunday"
there were three Selma marches in Selma, Alabama.by highlighting African American discrimination. they walked many miles to show there exercise there constitutional right to vote at the end of the marches 3.000 people were arrested and two people dead. -
Voting Rights of 1965
this act was a landmark piece of federal legislation in the US.This act prohibits racial dicrimination in voting. it was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Los Angeles race riots
When a motorist got pulled over for drunk driving. Soon it got into a six day riot with 4,000 troops having to come to try and calm the people down. It had 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries and 3,438 arrests. -
lyndon Johnson Institutes Affirmative Action
Johnson made an executive order which establishes nondiscriminatory practices in hiring and employement on the part of US government contractors. -
TC Williams high school football team wins the state championship
TC Wiliams highschool won the state championships in 1965 when the school was founded. -
Stokely Carmicheal Coins the phrase "black power"
Stokely Carmicheal joined with Martin Luther King Jr. and others and joined them with the Merediths march. upon his release gave his frist black power speech. -
Thurgood Marshall is appointed to the supreme court
Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer -
Assationation of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK jr was assasinated in Memphis tennessee, at the Lorraine motel whe he was 39.
