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Linda Brown, an African American student from Tokepa, Kansas was prevented from attending an all white elementary school a shotrt walk from her home due to segregation. She argued that she should be able to attend that school instead of having to walk a long distance to a black school and NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marchall argued on her behalf. They were able to win the courtcase which ended segregation in public schools.
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Rosa Parks was riding the bus and refused to give up her seat to another white passenger. She was then arrested and this all lead to an outrage in the black community.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Confrence (SCLC) was an expansion of MIA. It was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and consited of many organization that were foinded and based on churches that came together to end descrimination.
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Nine African American teens were allowed to enter Central high School which was an all white school. This was an enormous breakthrough for the African American community.
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe (SNCC) was formed which is an organization that was created by southern university students. They had activist students who protested.
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For many months, the mayor and many people tried to keep James Meredith from being able to attend the university due to him being an African American. JFK got involved and he was finally allowed to attend. Following his admission, many white citizens began to riot.
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Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter while in jail in Birmingham, Alabama for participating in a nonviolent protest.
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Martin Luther King and many protesters marched through Washington to the Lincoln Memorial where he gave his "I Have a Dream Speech" which moved many and is known as his most famous speech he has ever given.
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While in Dallas, Texas for a parade in hopes to gain more texas votes, JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The 24th Amendment banned poll taxes for voting and allowed African Americans to vote.
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Robert Moses got volunteer students from northern universities to go to Ohio to train to protest. After training, they planned to head for Mississippi to protest for civil rights.
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Andrew Goodman, and two other CORE members, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner dissappeared while in Mississippi. Police officials knew it had to do with KKK involvement. Their bodies were not found for another 6 weeks and no major punishments were given to their murderers.
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This act banned discrimination of race, religion, or gender when employing someone.
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Three Black Muslims who disagreed with his ideas shot and killed Malcolm X. He was shot in New York City.
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Civil Rights workers demanded that the voting registration be fair to everyone instead of just whites.
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The Black Panthers were formed by Bobb Seale and Huey Newton. They tried to protect the Amfrican American community of discrimination and were often very violent.
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Martin Luther King was shot on a a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tenessee by James Earl Ray.
