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Brown v. Board of Education
This court involving Plessy v. Ferguson, allowed separate but equal facilities. This case was one in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. In Topeka Kansas, a mans daughter got denied access to an all white school. It was decided that racial segrigation in schools was illegal in all states. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was shamed for her chivalrous actions of December 1st, 1955. She refused to give up her seat to white man, therefor she sparked a civil rights movement. Then, she was arrested. Rosa was very courageous for standing up for her rights and race. -
Civil Acts Right
President Eisenhower signed into law the Civil RIghts act in 1957. The law created a greater federal role by protecting the rights of African Americans and other ethnic groups. -
Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
Nine students from Little Rock Central Highschool attempted to enter a school where they were prohibited from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. The government stood up for the students saying they were only trying to stand up for theier race and make a difference by doing something unbelieveable. -
Attack of the Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were protestors who protested against whites or blacks who rode the same bus across American South. The SNCC and CORE helped organize the freedom rides. Both races, whites and african americans were freedom riders. -
James Mereditch enrolls at Ole Miss
"Chaos briefly broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested, after the Kennedy administration called out some 31,000 National Guardsmen and other federal forces to enforce order." (Integration at Ole Miss)
The government was involved because Robert Kennedy was forced to send federal marshals because of the two people who were killed. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Medgar Evers was " an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi." Evers was shot right in his own driveway in Mississippi. "He was instrumental in getting witnesses and evidence for the Emmitt Till murder case, which brought national attention to the plight of African Americans in the South " (history.com) -
The March On Washington
The purpose of the March on Washington was to push Congress to pass a civil rights bill of 1964. This protest was directed for JFK's legislation that he wanted, even tho much of his desired legislation did not pass before his death (assassination) There was two outstanding speeches that also occured at the march on washington, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, as the delivered speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lyndon B Johnson passed the civil rights act, with the assistance of the speech spoken by and Martin Luther King Jr. "The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement." (history.com) -
March To Selma
Marchers faced hard times attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery because there was a lot of violence led by state and local authorities. "As a result, only 2 percent of Selma’s eligible black voters (300 out of 15,000) had managed to register" (History.com) -
Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice
I think this was a monumental event because it shows that america is just barely but indeed moving fourth with racism, and he was the first black to play a part in court, so that shows a lot of change for america. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin was assassinated when he was standing on the balcony of a motel in Tennessee. When the word of his death spread, many people were upset & furious & it made crime rates increase drastically. James Ray, was the person who committed this crime, but confessed and went to jail until he passed away. I think this was a big impact on the whites that didn't support Martin because they might've been happy he was shot, but the blacks that supported him were probably very mad & upset casuing crime.
