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A choice made by the Supreme Court to end segregation in schools. Many people were opposed to this, causing riots, pulling their kids out of school and etc. -
Emmet Till was a 14 year old kid from Chicago. He was lynched in Mississippi for apparently “offending” a white woman. -
Rosa Parks was an influential civil rights activist. She’s mainly know for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. Because of this, the Montgomery Bus Boycott initialized. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference was an organization closely tied to activist Martin Luther king. -
With Brown Vs Board having started, 9 students were sent to Little Rock. The result to that being many white parents withdrew their kids from schools, some as long for a year. -
Four black college students had arranged a sit down in a diner called “WoolsWorths”. As it went on more had joined with them. Then the protests became more widespread. -
SNCC was a youth led committee that did “direct action campaigns”. They played a main role in the sit-ins and many more. -
The freedom riders were a mixed group of activists that participated in bus sit downs. Doing it to fight against segregation laws. -
The March was to advocate for the civil rights and economic rights for the African American people. As much as 250 thousound people were in attendance. It was also when MLK made his famous “I have a dream” speech. -
Is was made to enforce that people of color were to be serviced. Forbade employers labor unions to discrimination against any one. -
600 students went on March to fight for the right to vote. -
Finally signed into law by the president at the time, Lyndon B. Johnson. Overcoming legal barriers and guaranteed African Americans to vote.