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Earl Warren
Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891. He was an attorney, was in the Army, served as a clerk to the Judicairy Committee of the California Assembly, was deputy Attorney, was chief deputy District Attorney, was District Attorney, California's Attorney General, a delegate to the 1944 RNC, and was Governor of California. He contributed to the Civil Rights Movement by expanding Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Judicial Power, and Federal Power. He was part of the decision to end racial segregation. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This is the date that Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a white car on the East Louisiana Railroad. He purposefully sat in the white car and identified himself as black. His case went to Supreme Court. The ruling of the case was seperate facilites were constitutional as long as they were equal. This case was important because it showed people what they needed to fix and how unjust the Nation really was. It eventually led to the Brown v. Board of Education case. -
The Founding of the NAACP
THis is the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. It is the oldest, largest Civil Rights organization in the Nation. This organization was created to fight for the social justice in this Nation for all. This contributed to the Movement because this organization serves as a catalyst. -
President John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was elected president on the promise to secure equal rights for African Americans, yet he didn't. He held back on fear. Kennedy did offer his sympothy to Martin Luther King Jr. when he was arrested was released on bail because of the Kennedys, he also got the Freedom Riders on their way when there journey was stopped, and sent in Federal Marshals when the group were attacked by mobs. He presented a Civil Rights Legislation to Congress that was passed. That's how he helped the Movement. -
Brown v. Board of Education Case
This was a Supreme Court case that involved Oliver Brown and the Board of Education of Topeka. It was about racial segregation violating the 14th Amendment. The result of the case was racial integration of the South. This was a huge contribution to the Civil Rights Movement, itled to the integration of schools. Oliver Hill and Thurgood Marshall were NAACP lawyers and did much to help the Movement. They represented the Plantiffs of this case and helped the outcome of the case. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks
This boycott was in result of Rosa Parks being arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.The boycott lasted a year with Martin Luther King Jr. organizing the movement. This boycott led to the desegregation of buses. -
SCLC The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This organization was formed after the Montgomery bus boycott. This group coordinated protests. Martin Luther King Jr. was in charge of this organization and coordinated with activities that local organizations were doing. This contributed to the Civil Rights Movement because this group organized the people who were trying to make changes. -
Little Rock Nine Central High School Integration
The Governor of Arkansas called the National Guard to keep nine African Americans from enrolling at Little Rock. President Eisenhower tride reasoning with him and aquired a court order to remove the Guard. There was then a mob at the school and Federal Troops were sent in. This event's contribution was that the Courts made laws to stop funding being cut from integrated schools. -
Greensboro F.W. Woolworth sit-in
It started with four African Americans who demanded service at an all-white lunch counter, they were refused. They ended sitting there all day, and came back the next day with 19 more friends. By the end of the week there were around a 1,000 people sitting-in, the sit-ins continued and spread over to 54 more cities. This contributed to the Civil Rights Movement because it showed people how to get their right's. This was a massive resistance on the student's parts. -
The SNCC The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee
This committee was fromed after the Greensboro sit-ins. It started with over 200 activists from that campus, they met in NC. They confronted "racial injustice" and helped end contributed by helping end racial segregation nonviolently. This is good because violence can sometimes cause more issues. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.
This is the day that thousands of people joined together to march and hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. This gathering was a political rally for Civil Rights for African Americans. This march helped the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act pass. Martin Luther King Jr. was a main contribution to the Civil RIghts movement, he organized many events that led to the equality of African Americans. He also believed in Civil Disobedience, the disobeying of unjust laws. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prohibits discrimination by race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. This act ended Jim Crow laws. This contributed to the Civil Rights Movement because it brought the Nation two steps closer to equality which was what the Movement was about. President Johnson helped pass this bill. Harry Byrd, Senator, was invited to the debate over this bill by President Johnson. He figured out a way for this bill to be passed. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 ( The Voting Rights)
This is the day that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this legislation into a law. It prohibited against people being restricted from voting on the literacy tests and other absurd things that stopped people from voting.
