-
Emmett Till Murdered For Speaking To White Women
Emmet till was a 14 year old boy who was dared by his friends to say something to the store owner, the brother's of the lady took emmet and torched him then killed him. This impacted African Americans because they saw that noone should be killed that way and they need to act to do something about it. -
President Eisenhower Orders Troops To Enforce School Desegregation
President Eisenhower sent troops to protect 9 African American students in little Rock because they were the only blacks there and because of segregation they were taunted, This impacted blacks because they were not allowed to go to white schools but now they are. -
Mack Charles Parker Taken From Jail
Three days before Mack was to stand trial, he was dragged from his jail cell he was beaten and shot they found his in the Pearl River 10 days later. This impacted African Americans because it helped with the civils rights movement -
Freedom Riders
They were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, did not impact African Americans much because there still was segregation -
Birmingham
They used schoolmembers to protest to get Bull conner angry and he responded by releasing attack dogs and using the hose to rip skin off -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. this impacted blacks because it helped them fight the brown vs board of education, -
Jamie Lee Jackson
Jamie Lee Jackson was killed by a state trooper, this impacted african americans. This impacted african americans because he was a big help in the civil rights. -
MLK Assasianted
MLK was shot dead, this impacted african americans because he was a great leader and he helped during the civil rights movement -
William Lewis Moore
Moore was found dead, he was shot in the head twice, He impacted African Americans because he was involved with the Civil Rights Movement -
Aducted and slain
civil rights workers where taken and they were killed, this impacted african americans because they were being threatened. -
Church Bombing
4 girls went to saturday school and there was a bomd downstairs that went off and killed the 4 African American girls. This impacted african americans because it also had something to do with the civil rights moevement,
