Major Events From African Americans

By ltaft0
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy sat in the white section on a train and was kicked off. He was tried by Ferguson and he wasnt tried fairly.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    A nonviolent protest lead by MLK to let african americans sit wherever on the bus. It was important because it lead to the bus company almost going out of business and lead to a change in the rules,
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    A group of whit and black activists rode a interstate bus into segregated southern united states to challenge the non enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions.
  • James Meredith going to Ole Miss

    James Meredith going to Ole Miss

    James Meredith was the first african american that attended Ole Miss.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    On massive protest march that happened in lincoln memorial that had 250,000. Its also when MLK does his I have a dream speech.