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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This Supreme Court case was about segregation of public schools which was unconstitutional because it was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The outcome of this case ended the segregation of public schools and "separate but equal" precedent set by the Supreme Court. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started on the 1st of December in 1955. The African Americans that lived in Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the busses that ran in the city until they had the right to sit anywhere they wanted. It was jumpstarted by a black seamstress, Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white man then was arrested. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students tried to enter Central High School in Arkansas. They were viciously harrassed by the white students, physically and verbally. Governor Orval Faubus called for the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from going into the school. President Eisenhower requested for troops to escort the nine African Americans. -
Greensboro Sit-In
On the 1st of February in 1960, four African-American students in North Carolina sat a whites-only counter in a restaurant. The people who worked at the restaurant refused to serve them and the four students decided to have a sit-in until they were served. This sit-in created a wave of nonviolent protest against segregation in the country, -
Birmingham Campaign
MLK Jr. and the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) joined with the ACMHR (Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights) to eliminate the city's segregation system. It involved non-violent counter sit-ins, City Hall marches, and boycotts of downtown merchants. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was the leader of the NAACP. He encouraged poor African-Americans to register to vote and recruit them into the Civil Rights Movement. On June 12, 1963 he was assasinated by a KKK member, Byron De La Beckwith. -
March on Washingston
The March on Washingston took place in Washingston, D.C. 200,00-300,000 people attented. It was a march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. It was a protest and also a communal celebration. This is where MLK Jr.'s "Free at last" speech was held. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was passed on February 10 of 1964. This act allowed the right to vote for African Americans. -
Freedom Summer
3 of the worker from the Freedom Summer was murder when they went to Mississippi to help support the Civil Rights Movement. -
The Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were made in california after the death of Malcolm X, and they didn't realy believed in MLK non-violent campaign because it was taking to long. -
The Poor People's Campaign
MLK and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a Poor People's Campaign to address issues of economic justice and housing for the poor. -
The Assassination of MLK
MLK was hit by a sniper's bullet. He was on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
