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Brown v. Board of Education
The Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education, the case was about a girl wanting to go to the all white school instead of the African American school because it was closer for her and it was a nicer school. The Supreme Court ruled that separating schools due to skin color is unconstitutional. This was a very important case and played a large role in history -
Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Boycott
This is when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person. Rosa Parks was arrested and this led to a boycott of the buses by African Americans. This boycott lasted a very long time. -
Emitt Till Murdered
Emitt Till was an African American from Chicago who was visiting his relatives in the south and he said something to a white lady in a store and other white people thought he was flirting with the woman so he was brutally murdered. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This was proposed by President Eisenhower in 1957, and it was a federal rights voting bill. It was the first Civil Rights Bill since the reconstruction era. -
The Sit-In Movement
The Sit-Ins where were African Americans, and some whites would sit in diners knowing that they would not be served, but they sat there anyway as a form of protest. The people protesting were treated very badly and it was sometimes shown on live television for the entire country to see. -
James Meredith Integrates Ole Miss
James Meredith was the first African American student to enroll and attend the university of Mississippi. This caused a lot of riots and protests, and he faced a lot of harsh things but he went anyway. -
March on Washington
In 1963, almost a quarter of a million americans, black and white took a march on washington protesting for civil rights, mainly for African Americans. -
Selma to Montgomery March
This was a protest led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, where he started at Selma and marched all the way to Montgomery, Alabama. The total march was around 54 miles. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm X was assassinated when he was 39 years old. He was shot and killed by a group of Muslims. When Malcolm X was younger he believed the same way the Muslims did and believed blacks should rise above all, but later in his life he started to believe like Dr King and that angered the Muslims so much that they killed him. -
Martin Luther King, Jr Assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. He was killed by a sniper bullet while standing on the balcony of his hotel. He was only 39 years old. James Earl Ray was arrested for the killing of Dr. King. There are conspiracy theories of all kinds about who actually killed Dr. King.
