FornieriJ2019, Civil Rights

By FornieriJ2019

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    A court case that decided that segregated schools were illegal.

  • Montgomery Buss Boycott

    A boycott of the Montgomery busses due to their unfair racial rules.

  • Wollsworths Lunch Counter Sit Ins

    Woolworths lost 1/3 of their business and desegregated their lunch counter.

  • Childrens Marches

    Thousands of African American children protested for racial equality and were met with police brutality.

  • March On Washington

    More than 200,000 people of all races gather on "The Mall" in Washington DC to protest police brutality, unequal pay, job discrimination, segregation and other issues.

  • Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed making segregation and discrimination illegal.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed making it illegal to deny someone the right to vote on racial basis.