Grassroots Civil Rights Movement

By Lindsay21

  • NAACP was established

    In 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was established as a result of numerous lynchings of African American people.

  • NAACP Grows

    At this time, NAACP membership is around 90,000 people and contains about 300 local branches.

  • NAACP Starts to Focus on Helping African-Americans Get Good Jobs

    The Great Depression was disproportionally bad for African-Americans so the NAACP worked with other associations to help them get better jobs.

  • NAACP Grows Again

    At this time, membership for the NAACP was about 600,000 people.

  • Rosa Parks Refused to Give Up Her Seat

    Rosa Parks, a member of the NAACP, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and was arrested for it.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    This was a 381 day boycott of Montgomery, Alabama's bus system by African-American passengers.

  • Supreme Court Decision

    Due to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Supreme Court banned segregation on public transportation.