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Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a fourteen year old African American who rode a train to Mississippi with his friend. Emmett and his friend went to a candy store and while buying candy he spoke to a white lady. Later it lead to Emmett being murdered in the river by the husband of the white lady. His unjust death was used to protest the cruelty they go through. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama, their system of transportation, particurly on buses, were still segregated. On December 1st, a African American woman named Rosa parks, refused to give up her seat toa white individual and was arrested. It sparked a boycott on buses by African Americans. With African Americans barely riding the buses and instead walking or carpooling, segregated buses became unconsitutional -
Little Rock Nine
In Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, segregated schools were voted unconstitutional. With the help of president Eisenhower, Nine African Americans were able to attend Little Rock High school. They were harassed all the time that they had to be escorted to school in convoys and had individual guards protecting them. Integration of the schools caused to much problems that Governor Orval Faubis shut down all schools. -
Nashville Sit-Ins
In Nashville, Tennessee there were a total of four black colleges. The African American wanted to take part in peaceful protests by sitting next to the opposite race and not moving at all at lunch counters. They were successeful for about two weeks, but police felt the need to arrest them. Black council men's homes were destroyed by dynamite by white people, but on April 15th blacks were served at lunch counters. -
Freedom Riders
Members of the CORE group decided to send a group of African Americans on a bus trip to the south, known as Freedom Riders. They would use white-only waiting rooms and use white only facilities as well. They wanted to create a crisis with the racists so attention can be brought to them by the federal government. Although, they suffered brutal beatings, their non-violent approach was effective. -
Albany Movement
Atleast five-hundred protestors were arrested by mid-December of 1961. Civil rights leaders in Albany, New York, brought attention to the conflict by having Martin Luther King Jr. pursue in the campaign called "Albany Movement". Dr. King's plan was to get arrested and fill up the jails until they chose to desegregate. Someone payed bail for Dr. King and the campaign was unsuccessful. -
Bull Connor
Dr. King brought an uprising of more and more protesters that Birmingham felt they needed to use force. Police Chief Eugene " Bull" Connor used the police and firefighters to break up marches of African American demonstraters. He continued his brutality for a couple of days, but King ended up successful by filling up the jails again. -
Letter to Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. had another effort in Birmingham, Alabama, to get rid of it's segregation laws. Dr. King motivated more individuals to peacefully protest but on April 12, he was arrested for being "unwise and untimely". During his time in jail, he wrote a letter rejecting his charges on the lawsuit, which was written on the borders of a newspaper. -
March on Washington
During the Civil Rights movement, a big part so it can gain support was a planned march to the nation's capitol. The reason for the march was for African Americans jobs and their freedom. It being the largest Civil Rights demonstration, they gained alot of support with Dr. Kings "I Have a Dream" speech as well. -
3 Civil Rights Workers Murdered
When the 24th amendment became apart of the constitution in January , there was an idea of college students to spend thir summer registering African Americans to vot. Many of the volunteers form Ohio COllege were mostly SNCC workers, and the student volunteers were white. They either were trained to register to vote or educated students in summer school.
