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Protest: Rosa Parks did not give her her seat, in the front, because she was sick of many segregation rules. This caused the town and others to protest riding buses. -
Violence by Opposition: Emmett Till was murdered by husband of a woman he may have flirted with. Emmett Till was only 14 but African American -
No Violence: Nine black students were enrolled into a white school. Many protesters caused the National Guard to come in and escort the children to classes. -
Court Case: Authorized the prosecution for those who violated the right to vote for United States citizens. Gave African Americans more freedom. -
Achievement: Nonsectarian American agency with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, established by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights activists in 1957 -
Protest: 4 African American students staged a sit in. This caused many other people to do sit ins in white only areas as well. -
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Court Case AND Violence by Protesters: Federal Appeals ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, an African American. Met by 2000 protesters, 2 died -
Protest: Protest in Washington DC. 250,000 people gathered from all around the country. This is where the famous "I have a dream" speech was delivered. -
Violence by Opposition and Violence by Protesters: Malcolm X was ambushed and killed while giving a speech. He was killed in front of his family and many others. -
Violence by Opposition: MLK, one of the most influential leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated while standing on a balcony at a motel. The assassin was James Earl Ray. -
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Court Case: The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States. -
Achievement: She began exploring her presidential campaign in 1971 and made it public in 1972. She called for a "bloodless revolution" at the forthcoming Democratic nominating convention for the 1972 U.S. presidential election. African American woman running for president. -
Achievement AND No Violence: Aaron’s fourth-inning home run off the Dodgers’ Al Downing gave him 715 for his career and sent him past Babe Ruth on baseball’s all-time list. The homer came on the heels of an Opening Day blast against the Reds’ Jack Billingham that left Aaron tied with Ruth. -
Achievement: Texas congress woman delivered keystone speech at the Democratic National Convention. Said that it was up to the American people to decide what they want. -
Supreme Court case which held that a university's admissions criteria which used race as a definite and exclusive basis for an admission decision violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.