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Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs Board of Education A man criticized the law of having "separate but equal" schools is unconstitutional and that it really is not an equal law. The reason is because schools for African Americans provide old supplies while schools for the whites provide new supplies. The Supreme Court then ruled that segregation should not be allowed in schools. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till Emmett Till came to Mississippi from Chicago to visit his relatives. During his stay, Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white woman and was later took out of his relative's house by white men. As a result, he went missing for four days and was found dead in a river. The body was sent back to his home in Chicago and his mother held him an open casket funeral to show the world how horrible the South was. -
Mongomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks sparked this movement simply by refusing to give her seat up to a white passenger. Blacks believed it was unfair to arrest her just because of a seat and boycotted public transportation by starting to walk or carpool, The movement lasted until November 13, 1965. "It is better to walk with dignity than to ride with humility." - Dr. Martin Luther King -
Little Rock
Little Rock Nine The Little Rock Nine were the first students to ever intergrate into an all whtie school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The state called in nine troops to gaurd the black students due to bullying and jeering whtie students. Out of the nine students, one girl was expelled and Ernest Green made history by being the first black to graduate Central High School. -
Sit Ins
Sit-InsFour black college students sparked this civil disobedience by sitting in a "white-only" booth and ordered food. Soon a movement began to desegregate diners. Demonstrators would go into restaurants, sit in the booths, and not move no matter what they faced. Demonstrators were arrested for 33 days, but on April 15, restaurants finally became desegregated. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders On these freedom rides, blacks would sit in the front and whites sat in the back. They rode through the South and sang songs about desergreation and hope. Whites would go sit in blacks-only places while blacks went to whites-only places. -
Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama King and his organization called the SCLC came to Birmingham to rid the city of bombings in black neighborhoods, but found himself arrested along with 45 other demonstrators. After their release, King decided to use children as demonstrators instead so the adults could work. The governor, "Bull" Conner ordered fire hoses and K-9 on the children, shocking the nation. -
March to Washington
March on Washington People walked from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to protest segregation. At that march, Martin Luther King delivered his mis famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Over 220,000 people showed up at the event. Although police were there in case of conflicts, their pressences were pointless since the march was for peace. -
Selma March
Selma March For the march in January, King tried to lead thousands of demonstrators to Mongomery, Alabama. However his efforts were stopped when the police fired into the crowd of demonstrators. It did not stop the demonstrators because in March, the demonstrators tried to do the march again, but this time without Dr. King. The demonstrators were beat and had tear gas thrown at them. -
Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act Through all the hard years, President Johnson finally signed the bill to desegregate the nation. African Americans were then able to eat wherever they want and vote without being required to pass a literacy test or anything that could hinder their voting rights.
