CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE ACTIVITY

By arcuricl18

  • *Brown v. Board of Education*

    I. The court case that allowed seperate but equal facilities that were also seperate was the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme court case of 1896
    II.
    III. The result of the case was an amendment being added to the constitution saying that school segregation was illegal.

  • Rev. George Lee Killed

    The Rev. George Lee was killed for leading a voter-registration drive.
    Belzoni, Mississippi

  • Lammar Smith Killed

    Lammar Smith was killed for organizing black voters.
    Brookhaven, Mississippi

  • Emmett Louis Till Killed

    Emmet Louis Till was murdered for speaking to a white woman.
    Money, Mississippi

  • John Earl Reese Killed

  • *Rosa Parks Arrested*

    I. A white passenger asked a black lady by the name of Rosa Parks to move so he coul sit in her seat. Rosa denied the man. The bus driver was brought into this and still she denied him. Afterwards, a police officer came onto the bus and arrested her.
    II. The resullt was the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.

  • Bus Boycott Begins in Montgomery

  • Segregated Seating Banned

  • WIllie Edwards Jr. Killed

  • *Congress Passes First CR Act since Reconstruction*

    I. The Supreme Court passed this law.
    II. The law stated that there would be no discrimination in public schooling. Many southern states protested this.

  • *Little Rock Desegregation*

    I. At Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine colored students walked up the steps of this all white school. They started their new student lives at a totally segregated school and this started the desegregation of Little Rock.
    II. The government sent members of the national guard to protect these students from the mean white students.

  • Mack Charles Parker Lynched

  • Lunch Counter Sit-In

  • Outlaw to Bus Terminal Segregation

  • *Freedom Riders Attacked*

    I. The Freedom Riders were a group of people that rode the public bus systems into the deep south to test the Supreme Court's justice systems.
    II. Organizations like the Congress of Racial Equallity and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee organized these rides.
    III. The crowd was diverse. Both blacks and whites were present however there were more blacks than whites.

  • Herbert Lee Killed

  • Civil Rights Groups Join Forces

  • Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr.

  • *Riots @ Ole Miss*

    I. Meredith was pushed away three times due to his race and this detail turned this into a court case.
    II. The Governor denied any colored people access to any school no matter how big or small. He refused integration.

  • William Lewis Moore Killed

  • Birmingham Police Attack Children

  • Alabama Governor Tries to Stop University Integration.

  • *Medgar Evers Assassinated*

    I. Medgar was a civil rights leader who was the first NAACP feild secretary in Mississippi. He organized many boycotts in his position.
    II. Evers was returning home from a meeting and as he got out of his car hee was shot. He was taken to a hospital and was originally denied due to his race. That was until they found out who he was and he died in the hospital.

  • *250,000 Americans March on Washington*

    I. The march was for Black Freedom and Jobs.
    II. The speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "I Have a Dream'.

  • Youth Killed in a Wave of Racist Violence

  • Schoolgirls Killed in Church Bombing

  • Poll Tax Outlawed in Federal Election

  • Louis Allen Assassinated

  • The Rev. Bruce Klunder Killed

  • Klansmen Kill Two African Americans in Missouri

  • Freedom Summer Brings 1,000 Young Volunteers to Mississippi

  • Three Civil Rights Workers Abducted and Killed by Klansmen

  • *President Johnson Signs 1964 Civil Rights Act*

    I.The law was passed by president Lyndon Johnson.
    II. The law stated that allowed anyone to vote no matter what race, sex, or social level.

  • Lt.Col. Lemuel Penn Killed by Klansmen

  • Marcher Jimmie Lee Jackson Killed

  • State Troopers Beat Back Marchers

  • The Rev. James Leeb Beaten to Death

  • Viola Gregg Luizzo Killed

  • *Thousands Complete the Selma to Montgomery March*

    I. The marches were highlighted to make racial segragation stick out in the southern states.
    II. These marches faced the oppositions of state troopers and the politicians who were against integration. The troopers fought with billy clubs and tear gas but the marchers pressed on.
    III.The result of the march was that blacks had the right to vote.
    III. The result was that blacks in the deep south were finally able to vote.

  • Oneal Moore Killed as Black Deputy

  • Congress Passes Voting Rights Act of 1965

  • Willie Brewster Killed

  • Student Jonathan Daniels Killed

  • Student Samuel Younge Jr. Killed

  • Vernon Dahmer Killed

  • Ben Chester White Killed

  • Clarence Triggs Slain

  • Wharlest Jackson Killed

  • Benjamin Brown Killed

  • *Thurgood Marshall Sworn in as First Black Supreme Court Justice*

    I. Marshall was a lawyer who was successful against the supreme court. An example of his work is the Brown v. Board case.
    II. I think this is monumental because it showed that blacks were finally getting a chance at better jobs in higher positions.

  • Three Students Killed by Highway Patrolmen

  • *Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated*

    I. When King arrived he immediately started recieving threats. After King had told a musician to play a specific song at a meeting, he walked onto a balcony and was shot. He was rushed to a hospital where he died.
    II. African Americans were impacted because they lost their greatest leader in history. The whites were upset because of the way that they had threatened him and how they never gave the other race a chance.