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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy was able to pass a white man. And when this happened it made a difference in the nation because not a lot of people at this time would take a stand and for plessy to do that it encourgaed others to do the same. -
Brown v. Board of Education
[us culture](www.uscourts.gov/educational...)They decided to make education avaliable to all students. With court orders and enforce federal civil rights laws, so then they can progress toward integrated schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was reported for flirting with a white cashier at a grocery store. and in reality the man did not do anything but he was kiddnaped and killed. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks sat on a bus and refused to give up her seat and she was arrested and fined and the boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks court hearing. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
This organization was to mimic the ways of MLK. and by doing this many got together and tried to accomplish the things MLK left behind. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
nine black students enrolled at an all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Greensboro Sit-In
The Greensboro Sit-In was a big point during the civil right movement because more college students began to get involved. and what they did was sit down in an area that said "whites only" they waited there for service but it never came and the next day they will do the same thing all over again. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
Many white people still did not agree on giving african americans the right to vote, so the best way to keep that from happening they made literacy test and poll taxes. -
Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
This was an impact because it was all over the newspapers which encouraged other african americans to stand up and take action. They tried to make the buses become integrated. -
March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans untied in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. When this happened many of the southern men hated it, did they all follow this act. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
it was made to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. -
Assassination of MLK
He was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans
