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Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown claimed that schools for black children were not equal to the white schools. On May 17, 1954, the NAACP found that education in the U.S. has changed in the 19th century. Earl Warren wrote about how it makes sense that there shouldn't be a different school for blacks. Earl Warren won the trial. -
Emmett Till is murdered
A 14 year old black boy named Emmett Till, took a trip in Mississippi, to visit his relatives. On Aug. 28, Till whistled at a white women. The woman's husband and brother-in-law kidnapped Till. They beat and shot him. Then threw his body into the Tallahatchie River. After Till's attackers are tried,outrage starts to grow. Till's murder makes it clear that the civil rights movement has gone wrong. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, so she got arrested. Meeting were held to organize a bus boycott. NAACP helped the boycott by filing a lawsuit to change the law. This case eventually goes to the supreme court. In late 56, the supreme court says that it will desegregate it's buses. Then King votes with the boycott to end the boycott -
Central High School (Little Rock 9)
On Sept. 4,1957, AR Gov. orders the National guard to block the black students from getting into the school. 3 weeks later, a judge orders Fabus to get rid of the national guard. The next day, "Little Rock Nine" get into the school, but a crowd turns into an angry mob. The mob comes the next day. The president orders the troops to help the national guard. The troops leave and the national guards stay at the school. -
Freedom Rides
An international group called "Freedom Rides" travel through the south by bus. Th first group stopped in Annistion but unfortunately, they come against an armed mob and attacks the riders. The second group stop in Birmingham and also get attacked. A journalist was able to get photos but also gets beat up. The film survives and is sent to the president.On may 29, Kennedy announces that they will ban segregation not just with buses. -
The Children's Crusade
An SCLC leader proposes recruiting black children as demonstrators. On may 2, the black children participate in a march to protest segregation, Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor orders police to arrest the children. The next day, 1,000 black youth come again for a peaceful march. He orders the firemen to blast them with there fire hose and policemen to use clubs and police dogs to attack the children. -
March on Washington
Around 200,000 to 250,000 people participate in the march of Washington for jobs and freedom. The people march to the Lincoln Memorial, where they hear speeches from civil rights leaders including King. King now speaks his famous "I Have a Dream" speech where he describes his vision of America where all races can enjoy America. -
Bapist Church Bombing
Denise Mcnair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Addie Nae Collins who are four black girls die when a bomb explodes at a Bapist Church. Also more than 20 girls are injured. It wasn't 1977 that the leader of a gang is convicted -
Freedom Summer
NAACP, CORE and SNCC work with a local organization to make a black voter registration guide. In addition, the campaign makes "Freedom Schools" for Mississippi children, where they provide free instruction to black students. On June 21, 1964, three volunteers of CORE go missing. The Johnson administration, sends the FBI to investigate. Almost 2 months later, the agents find the volunteer's bodies. -
Bloody Sunday (Selma)
On March 7,1965, around 600 blacks start a 50-mile march to Montgomery and start a Selma. As the marchers reach the end of the Edmand Pettus Bridge, a line of officers attack the marchers. The president promises to send a bill to congress to cancel "all restrictions used to deny the people the right to vote". 2 weeks later, marchers present Wallice with a petition asking that anything in their way will be lifted to get blacks to vote -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson and members of congress realize that more laws are needed to support the 15th amendment. This act bans racial discrimination in voting practices. It also forbids tests and requirements that were used to deny blacks the right to vote. Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists attend the signing ceremony on Aug 6.
