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Alabama Bus Boycott
In Alabama after a clear violation of rights having African american sit in the back or even stand on the bus just because there were whites on the bus. Every black man and woman stopped using the bus and walked miles to work until they got the rights they deserved. Buses saw dramatic decrease and even loss in profit as this happened. Eventually they got their rights. -
Little Rock Nine Incident.
Nine African american students enrolled in an all white school in Little Rock Arkansas. As part of a new integration policy. This school gave no mercy to the nine brave black students that decided to integrate. It was so bad President Eisenhower had to step in with the 101st airborne to make sure that these students got into the school. -
Civil Rights act of 1957
President Eisenhower signed into law this act that protected civilians rights to vote. The first movement since reconstruction to protect our citizens under attack. -
Sit-In of 1960
Starting in 1960 Student nonviolent Coordinating comity started a movement by sitting in at all white diners as a protest of unfair civil practices. They would not move from there seats even as they would start to be beat by the people in the restaurant often times ending in getting arrested. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom rides where a group of brave African American men and women who rode the interstate bus into the deep south of the united states putting there very lives at risk for some attention to the horrible atrocities that they face. Many instances of bad backlash from citizens in these states many times the protesters where pulled off the bus and beaten. -
The march on Washington
In august 1963 250,000 people clumped into Lincoln Memorial park to protest and bring to light the unfair conditions that African Americans faced in the job force. Doing a White mans job for a black mans wages. This was also the famous day that Martin Luther King Jr gave his 'I have a dream' Speech. -
Birmingham Bombing
A predominantly black church on 16th street in Birmingham Alabama was bombed by the KKK as part of a White supremacy terrorist act. Four young girls were killed and many injured violent outrages from the even and police involvement really helped bring attention the the horrible event. -
Malcolm X assassination
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Better know as Malcom X was well know in the civil rights activist community. A key role during the civil rights movement especially in the student nonviolent comity. Assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
1968 Civil Rights Act
After Martin Luther king Jr was assassinated huge riots broke out. The African American community done they were pissed off. The states had to d something it was time. A momentous day on April 11th as the president Lyndon B Johnson sighs into law the civil rights act making it illegal to discriminate against anyone when buying renting or selling houses. -
Martin Luther King Jr assasination
Martin Luther King Jr was the most important outspoken activist during the civil rights movement. An important key role to many views on what was fair and unfair. Unfortunately with a lot of outspoken unpopular views comes a lot of enemy's. Shot at the Lorraine Motel his legacy of fighting for desegregation and fair rights lived on.
