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Civil Rights Movements
Civil Rights Movements in the United States of America -
Brown vs. Board of Education
It was a court case that was all about deciding whether or not the separation of black youth and white youth should be continued, or should integrate play a larger role in society. The ruling was that the Supreme Court had deemed the law that supported the statement “separate but equal” was unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a very large protest that took place after the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 because she didn’t want to give up her seat to a white guy. The protest was against the government’s law of segregation, and it had lasted for thirteen months. The result of it was that the law of segregation on buses was abolished, and integration on bus transport had become legal -
Formation of S.C.L.C.
The main goal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was to use nonviolence to protest segregation, as its first president was Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior. The S.C.L.C. was created in spite of the Montgomery Bus Boycott -
Formation of S.N.C.C.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a group of four black students back in 1960 who had made a stand for the civil rights movments during that time using peace/nonviolence. This organization was very similar to that of the S.C.L.C. -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes Into the University of Georgia
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, two African-Americans, had gotten accepted into the University of Georgia. This had sparked an outrage as it did in Little Rock (though not as big). They were the first two African-American students to be accepted into the university -
Freedom Riders
Young activists (black youth and white youth) who rode on buses after the Montgomery Bus Boycott, protesting segregation, were called Freedom Riders -
Albany Movement
Hundreds of African-American protesters in Albany (Georgia) marched for the abolishment of segregation, which included student-activists from the S.C.L.C. and the S.N.C.C.. As a result, Dr. King got arrested (along with hundreds of other protesters), and the Albany Movement had failed to accomplish its goal -
March On Washington
A little under two hundred and fifty thousand protesters had marched to Washingon. The goal of this was for the government to create more jobs and grant the citizens more freedom. There were about six or so leaders, one of which includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the "Civil Rights Act of 1964," which outlaws segregation in all places in the United States -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created to end racial segregation amongst the citizens of the U.S. in terms of voting (of course, as segregation was already outlawed during the previous year, the Voting Rights Act [1965] was sure to come sooner or later). In the picture, we see President Lyndon B. Johnson shaking hands with Dr. King as the act is signed into legislature -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968. Dr. King was a civil rights activist who protested segregation in the southern U.S. throughout the fifties and sixties using nonviolence and peaceful protests. He believed that "all men are created equal," and he was the one to deliver the famous civil rights speech, "I Have A Dream."
