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Events in Civil Rights History (6S)
Important dates in Civil Rights history as described by Mr. Springstead's sixth grade class. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Linda Brown's case was brought to court. Supreme Court banned racial segregation in public schools but not in private schools. It opened doors to civil right activity. Segregation was unconstitutional, and it hurt black and white people respectively. Seventeen states had mandatory segregation.
This event was important because if not for that, there would still could be racial segregation in public schools and other places, to this day. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Ms.Parks sat on bus where white people sit . Someone did not find a seat so bus driver warned her then called police. So Ms.Parks got arrested. African Americans did not get the same rights as whites did. Rosas husband baled her out of jail. African Americans started to boycat buses until they had equal rights.
Rosa being arrested was important because African Americans heard about her bravness and started boycotting the buses. some whites joined too. Segration was changed for good! -
Little Rock High School Intagrated
Nine African American students entered Little Rock High School on September 25,1957. They were being protected by troops because many white parents did not want there students to be at the same school with the African American students. One student got acid thrown in their eyes,one was pushed down a flight of stairs.
This was important because it was one of the first schools to become intergrated. This started a chain reaction of many people fighting segragation. -
sit ins
In 1960 Franklin McCain, David McCain, Ezell Blair Jr, and Joseph McNeil took place in a protest agnest segregation lunch counters to try and convince white people to treat black people with the respect they deserve! The four collegestudents sat at a cafe counter every day waiting for the watress to serve them coffee and a donut with cream on the side but they were ignored and came back every day and diddnt take no for an answer -
The End of the Sit-in
The sit-ins began in February and spread into other restaurants. Woolworths had lost 200,000 dollars because of demonstrations.
Greensboro was changed by the sit-ins the African Americans started, and it supported the civil rights movement. Now the sit-in has changed the world. -
The First Freedom Ride
On this day, 7 blacks and 6 whites took the firsy freedom ride. They wanted to test segregated seated on buses. For the first week, they were fine but the second week they were severly beaten and there bus was burned. They tried using "whites only" restrooms etc. Lots of people tried to stop them. Eventually people started doing similar actions. On September 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission prohibited segregation on buses and trains. -
James Meridith enrolled at the college of University Of Mississippi
James Meridith enrolled at the college of Mississippi. He was the first African American to enroll at this all white school. There was huge fight over this.
Two people died and 75 were injured. Three years later he was shot.
This inspired other african american go to all white schools. -
Children's Crusades
On May 2, 1963 the launch of the Childrens Crusades during the Birmingham Campaign in Alabama. Arrest of some young protesters and crowd control with fire hoses and police dogs. More than a thousand African Americans skipped class and gathered at sixth street Baptist Church to march on Birmingham. Over 900 kids went to jail.
This is an important event because it was one of the events which was the begining of the end of segregation. -
Martin Luther King Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that one day everyone would be treated fairly, he wanted this dream to affect peoples decision in segregation. Segregation is the separation of black people and white people. This speech was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on the date of August 28th, 1963. At least 3,000 people were there to hear his speech. He was assasinated later on, because some white people did not want to end segregation, because of the color of someone elses skin. -
The Signing Of Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Act was signed on July 2nd, 1964 by president Lyndon Johnson. The law was created so that black and white people could mix and be treated equally. The law signing was televised as a world-wide event. The law was important for many people. Some things blacks were able to do that they couldn't do before the law passed such as voting. The act also banned segregation and discrimination. A consequence was that the government was receiving many angry remarks.
