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The Emmett Till Murder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-Emmett-till
on this date was the recovery of the corpse of Emmett Till. three days prior, Emmett was accused by a store owner's wife that he'd made advances on her. when her husband heard of this, he went and kidnapped Till and mangled his body to death, dumping him into a river. when a trial was held, Roy was deemed innocent as there was not enough evidence to identify the body. The community was outraged, showing Crow's laws injustices. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Leave Her Seat
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/sittingdown.htm On this date, the most known act of protest for equal rights was Rosa Parks, refusing to give up her seat. though there were many acts of protest before this, this event spread like wildfire, into every news broadcast in America. what few happen to know is after the arrest of Rosa Parks, she had hearing that lasted a full year. -
The New Orleans School Desegregation
http://crdl.usg.edu/events/new_orleans_integration/?Welcome
Two years after the Brown vs BoE , Skelly White, designed a plan to integrate black and white children into the same school. the response of the community took four years to ignore, as a majority of the public gave a resounding 'NO'. when the three black children were taken into the school, they were surrounded by riot police and an angry mob. even if many parents took their kids out of school, this was the first step towards equality. -
The Freedom Riders
http://www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm
the first freedom was met with riots and anger. the moment that a bus, that was unsegregated, entered the south, it was met a violent mob, beating and mutilating the occupants.
