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Created a law that segregated African Americans as long as equal facilities were provided for them. This included buses, trains, schools, restaurants, pools, parks, and other public facilities.
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The New Deal program helped African Americans support the Democratic Party in the north. This wing of the party was now able to counter southern democrats who supported segregation.
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Alabama. Alabama’s exclusion of African Americans from juries violated their right to equal protection under the law.
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CORE Congress of racial equality. Held sit ins to shame restaurant managers into integrating their restaurants. This helped many restaurants, theaters, and other public facilities in northern cities desegregate including Chicago Detroit Denver and Syracuse
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Segregation on interstate buses was considered unconstitional
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Jackie Robinson born Jan. 31st, 1919 and died Oct. 24th 1972. He was the first Afican American in the MLB. He debuted April 15th, 1947. This was important because it began letting African Americans the ability to showcase their talent in proffesional sports.
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Dixiecrats: segregational political party. A breakaway from the Democratic Party in 1948. Was known in the southern states.The Dixiecrat party opposed racial integration and wanted to retain Jim Crow's laws and maintain white supremacy. This was important because it showed how rasict the south really was during this time period.
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State law schools had to admit qualified African American applicants, even if parallel black law schools existed.
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Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of education of Topeka, Kansas that segregation in public school was unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.
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Rosa Parks is arrested for giving up her seat for white men to sit down.
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a group of 10 southern members of congress signed the “southern Manifesto” denounced the supreme courts ruling as a clear abuse of judicial power and pledged to use all lawful demands to reverse the decision.
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The SCLC is greated by Martin Luther King, Jr., and other southern ministers.
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Nine African American students were escorted by the army into central high after the state had tried to use the national guard to stop it. That day it federalized the Arkansas national guard and had military protection for the African Americans attending the school.
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Four African American college students have a sit in until treated like a white at a whites only lunch counter nearby Woolworth’s department store.
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Malcom X joins the black power movement.
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First freedom riders boarded several southbound interstate buses. After arrival mobs attacked the riders
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James Meredith tried to register at Mississippi University but was blocked by Governor Barnett.
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George Wallace stood in front of the university of Alabama admissions office to block two African Americans from enrolling
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200000 African Americans flocked to the nation’s capital to hear Martin Luther Kings “I have a dream” speech and hymns and songs near the Lincoln memorial.
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A bombing in Birmingham Alabama killed four young girls.
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Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson takes over.
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The Civil act passes Congress. It was the landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and also women
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Watts riot caused looting, fire, and death. 43 killed over 1000 injured and 250 million in damages before the army was sent in
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the black panthers were organized. They helped supporte the revolution
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Edward Brooke was elected senator. Hr was the first black senator in 85 years.
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president Johnson appointed the national advisory commission on civil disorder
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Dr. King was assassinated by a sniper.
