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Emmett Till
Emmett Till was killed on August 28, 1955. He was lynched at the age of 14 in Mississippi for flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Bus Boycott lasted for 380 days after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, led this boycott. He also created the MIA, Montgomer Improvement Associaton. -
Little Rock Nine Integration of Schools
On this day the governor issued the Arkansas National Guard to prevent Africa-Americans from coming into the schools. Nine colored students went into the school. On the 20th, it was allowed to have whties and blacks mixed during school. -
Sit-Ins
In places where colored people were not allowed, negroes would sit in there and refuse to move. This caused so much violence, where the colored would not be able to fight back. They had practice rounds, getting them ready for them, and teaching them not to fight back no matter what would be said. http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/mysteries-at-the-museum/video/historic-lunch-counter-sit-in -
March on Washington
This is one of the largest political rallies that the United States of America has ever seen. This demanded economic and civil rights fro African-Americans. This is the famous day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a Dream" speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDU-oYQN04 -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
This started on the 7th lasting 18 days and ending on the 25th. African Americans marched 54 miles to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama. This showed that African-Americans wanted to excercise their constitutional right to vote. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march/videos/march-from-selma-to-montgomery?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
