Civil Rights Timeline Part 2

  • Brown VS Board of Education

    Brown VS Board of Education

    schools were segreated it wasnt fair. after this trial schools were desegreated.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Blacks were suppose to sit on the back of the bus. It wasnt fair so the montgomery bus boycott led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. Then blacks were allowed to sit wherever they wanted on the bus..
  • Southery Manifesto

    Southery Manifesto

    whites didnt want blacks to intergrate into public places with them.
  • Creation of the SCLC

    Creation of the SCLC

    everyone was very poor. therefore the SCLC was creatd to try and take care of some of the povery issues especially in Chicago.
  • Incident at Little Rock

    Incident at Little Rock

    schools were trying to stay segreataed. it was unfair therefor the federal goverment came in and enforced laws and allowed blacks to go to normal regular public schools.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    they wanted action from JFK and they let people be extremly violent twards them and eventually JFK finally helped them.
  • "Letters from a Birmingham jail"

    Laws were unjust. therefor MLK jr. said that it was okay to break unjust laws. so the blacks broke laws that were ruled unjust.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    the blacks wanted jobs and freedom, the march supported the bill and helped blacks get jobs eaiser and tried to impliment less discrimation.
  • "I Have A Dream" speech

    "I Have A Dream" speech

    he wants blacks to have equal rights and to be free. this speech ends segreation in public places. now blacks are "equal and free"
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    This act ended segreation , gave more goverment power to challange segreation and created EEOC for african americans.
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act

    the voting terms in the south were unfair so the act changed the laws there was no more litteracy tests. therefor making it eaiser for african americans to votre.