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Brown V. Board of Education
The decision of the court case Brown V. Board of Education was that all nine justices agreed that separated schools for African Americans and whites violated the constitution guaranteed of equal protection of the law. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat when she was asked by a white women. She later was arrested and fined $100. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama. -
SCLC
The SCLC is an African-American civil rights organization which stands for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and its elected leader was Martin Luther King Jr. The SCLS was extremely influenced by Christian faith. -
Little Rock NIne
The Little Rock Nine were nine incoming highschool students trying to enter a white school. They were rejected because the governor of Arkansas, Orval Faulbus sent the state's national guard to stop them from entering. -
Sit in Movement
Four college students sat down at the Woolsworth restaurant counter until the store closed. The next day, they brought more people, and after a while, the whole south was following the Sit in Movement as well. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom riders was a group of volunteers that tried to use the facilities in the states. They experienced only mild harassment. On May 14, a bus was swarmed them, then firebombed and beat them. -
Albany Movement
More than 500 protestors have been jailed when Martin Luther King Jr. led the demonstration. Martin Luther King Jr. himself was arrested for leading the march and he refused to pay the fine. He remained in jail until the city agreed to desegregate. -
Birmingham Campaign
The Birmingham Campaign involved sit ins and marches. Authorities. During the campaign, authorities quickly arrested the protestors. Eugene "Bull" Connor, the Commissioner of Public Safety used police dogs and firefighters to break up a group of 2,500 African American demonstrators. -
Medgar Ever's Assassination
Medgar Evers, a civil rights movement leader, was shot in the back by KKK member, Bryan De La Beckwith on this day. Beckwith was set free after three trials. Later on, he was brought back on trial and was sentenced to life in prison -
March on Washington
The march on Washington was led by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Over 200,000 people gathered on the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument to hear King's speech "I Have a Dream." The majority of people who attended were blacks and the rest were made up of whites. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Admendent prohibited the Congress and the states from influencing the people's right to vote in federal elections with payment of any type of tax. This admendment was proposed in Congress on August 27, 1962 and it was finally ratified on January 23, 1964. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer started in the summer of 1964. It was a period where people from the North came to the South to register African Americans to vote. Three college students came to the South and disappeared. Six weeks later, they were found dead buried in a dam. -
Passing of Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964 which outlawed form of discrimination against any race and gender. It gave the African Americans the right to register to vote and it ended segregation in the workplace and schools. -
The Selma Campaign
The Selma Campaign was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC. During these marches, Alabama state troops attacked the civil-rights demonstrators. The third march, the demonstrators were able to arrive at the capitol of Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Selma March
Martin Luther King Jr. led the march from Selma to the steps of Montgomery's capitol. This march was 54 miles long and took five days. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on August 6. This Act banned the government to oversee voter registration and removed discriminatory literacy tests.
