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The Supreme Court stated that there would be no more separation of race in schools. Schools used to be separated due to the color of the kids skin. This allowed kids to attend school no matter their color. -
Emmet Till whistled at a white women. The women than told her husband about it. Her husband got furious and went to attack Emmet. When they found his body it was in very bad condition. His mother wanted his funeral to be open casket so the world cause see what that man caused to her son. -
Rosa parks was getting on a bus. She sat down and a white man told her to get up and move. She refused to do so. She was arrested on December 1st, 1955. -
The SLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil rights activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected President. They focused its non violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965. -
Nine teenagers stepped up for their rights. They didn’t like how schools were divided. The school decided to compky with high courts ruling and make changes. The changes were implied in the fall of 1957. -
This was a nonviolent protest. They didn’t like how only white people could sit in certain areas in restaurants. This movement spread to 55 more cities in only 3 months. -
Ruby is a civil rights activist. When she was little she was the first colored kid attending an all whites school. She was accompanied by 2 guards. -
436 individuals on 60 separate rides. People rode on buses in mixed racial groups. They wanted to challenge laws. All of the things they did provoked angry reactions. -
This was a March located in Washington D.C. People were fighting for the civil right of African Americans. Martin Luther king was a part of the march. -
This civil rights activist prohibits discrimination due to the color, religion, sex, or origin of someone. Martin Luther King fought for the civil rights act to pass. Martin Luther was in attendance on the day that President Johnson signed these acts. -
On February 21, 1965 Muslim minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated during a speech. He was in Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan when he was giving the speech. He unfortunately left behind his wife Betty Shabazz and his 6 young daughtees. -
Martin Luther King led a nonviolent protest with thousands of protesters. He led a 5 day March which consisted of 54 miles. They walked from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. -
President Lyndon Johnson signed this act to eliminate discriminatory voting practices. This was to enforce the 15th amendment to the constitution. President Johnson went to the capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act. -
Martin Luther king was an activist. He led marches. Martin Luther king was standing outside on a balcony, which then was shot at 6:09pm on Thursday April 4, 1968. James earl ray was the man that shot Martin Luther.