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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started from a little incident that happened with Rosa Parks. On this day, she was arrested for not giving up a seat to a white man. She got arrested and this sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott where many African Americans chose to walk on foot and not take the bus to work. This also sparked the begining of the Civil Rights Movement for African AMerican and other groups. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Signed by Eisenhower on this date, this bill was intended to protect the voting rights of African Americans. Southerner senators tried to stop the bill from passing but Democrat Lyndon Johnson put togehter a compromise that helped the bill to pass. -
The Little Rock 9
Little Rock 9 were nine brave African American students that went to Little Rock High School. This was the first time the government was trying to integrate white and black students in school. The govener of Arkansas, Orval Faubus fetermined to stop the nine African students from entering the school. He ordered Arkansas National Guard to guard the school from any African American students coming to Little Rock High School. -
The Sit-in Movement
Sit ins were a peaceful tactic used by college students both black and white. These protests were non-violent and most of the time the people conducting the sit ins were being assulted and beat. -
The Freedom Riders
Even though bus regulations were changed after Rosa Parks, the South was still segregated in the South. Freedom Riders were traveled to the South to draw attention to its refusal to integrate the bus systems. The first Freedom Riders boarded several buses and went South. Upon arriving there white mobs attacked them and threw rocks at the bus and forebombed it. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
On January 20, 1961, James Meredith applied for the University of Mississippi. Unfortunately he could not register because the governor of Mississippi did not let him. When hearing this, Kennedy dispatched 500 federal marshals to escort Meredith onto the campus. After he ha entered a mob appeared. 160 marshals were wounded. After that Meredith continued his education and was escorted by the army. -
Protests in Birmingham
The Birmingham Campaign was led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. called the people to protest because it would cause a violent response. If this was shown on the media, the president would respond with new laws and Civil Rights Acts. -
The March on Washington
To pass the new Civil Rights Act, Martin Luther quickly noticed that he needed more public support for the Congress to pass the law. On the date of the march, more than 200,000 demonstrators of all kinds of backgrounds gathered in the nation's capitol and sang hymns, said speeches and on this day, Martin Luther King Jr. said his famous speech called "I Have A Dream" -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This new Civil Rights Act had no problems passing through the Congress but the Senate did not want to pass it. After John F. Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon Johnson became president and even though he was from Texas and the leader of the Senate Democrats he compromised with the Southern senates to pass the Bill and to finish Kennedy's program. -
The Selma March
The Selma march happned so that African Americans had a fairer voice in the United States gevernment and they demanded that they get their voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act gave African Americans a voice in the country and signed by Lyndon Johnson, gave a full right for African Americans to vote without discrimination. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on this date in Memphis Tennessee. He was shot on a balcony while standing on his balcony at the hotel he was staying.
