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James Meredith
An American civil rights activist who tried to put pressure on the Kennedy administration for African-American rights. -
Executive Order 9981
Abolished racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces. This was even more significant because of it leaing to the end of segregation within the military. -
16th Street Babtist Church Bombing
An African-American sunday school was bombed by a whtie supermascist and 4 girls were killed, in Birmgingham, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of African-American students who attended Little Rock Central High School, and were ready to go to the non-segregated school, when the governor of Arkansas wouldn't let them in. They were later able to enter when President Eisenhower intervened. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A court case that established that segregated schools were unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till
An African-American 14-year old boy who was murdered after flirting with a white woman inside a store. His killers were let off with little punishment. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was sitting in the "white" section of the bus, leaving some white people standing. The bus driver told her to move and she refused. The police were called and she was arrested. After this the event, the Montgomery Bus Boycott started and wasn't good for the city's bus financing. Segregated busses were eventually found unconstitutional in the Browder vs. Gayle case. -
SCLC
An African-American civil rights organization whose first president was Martin Luther King Jr. -
Woolworth sit-ins
4 black students sat at a "white only" counter and were refused to be served. By the fourth day there were 300 people taking part, and other sit ins started in nearby cities. -
SNCC
Standing for Student Nonviolent Coordinate Committee, this organization was known for going out in the feild and helping create voter regristration drives throughout the south. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses into the Southern U.S. Some of these rides ended with voilent mobs supported by the KKK. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
This letter, written by Martin Luther King Jr., was meant to defend his actions of breaking the laws that he did. The letter explains that it is our moral responsibility to break laws that we think our unjust, which I think is an awesome thing. -
“Bull” Connor uses fire hoses on black demonstrators
Bull Connor, a police commissionar, orders fire hoses and attack dogs to be used against black demonstrators and protestors, whcih included children. -
March on Washington
A political rally for rights for African-Americans which lasted 2 days and ended with Martin Luther King Jr's Speech. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
A bombing of an African-American sunday school in which 4 girls were killed. This was in Birmingham, Alabama, and was done by a white supermacist. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment prohibits a tax on voting. -
Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Micheal Schwerner
Three civil rights workers that were murdered near Philedephia. They had been trying to register black voters in Mississippi and had been investigating a burned down black church. They were arrested on fake charges and were given to the KKK who murdered them. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed all major forms of discrimination against people who are usually discrimated against. -
Malcom X Assasination
Malcom X was preparing to speak at the Audubon Ballroom when someone in the front row jumped up and shot him in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun. Malcom X did much for the Civil Rights movement, and brought discrimination of African-Americans to the attention of the public. -
Bloody Sunday (American)
State troopers and a sherrif's posse attacked 525 civil rights protestors in a march between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. -
Loving vs. Virginia
The Lovings were an interracial couple who had been banned from being in Virginia because interracial marriages were against the law. They brought this to court with Virginia, and an unanimous vote brought them in their favor. -
The Assasination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in a motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and died around an hour later. Some people beleive this assasination was a conpiracy by the government. -
Voting Rights Act 1991
Act that made it harder to sue employers for discrimination and needed evidence to persecute. -
1992 Los Angeles Race Riots
A series of riots and looting around the Los Angeles area, after the police officers who beat Rodney King, an African-American man, were let off with little punishment.
