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Emmett Till
Emmett Till was 14, coming south from Chicago to Mississippi. While in a store, he said "bye baby" to a white woman. At night, the woman's brother and husband took Emmett and never returned. Emmett was later found brutally beaten, tied to a cotton gin in a lake. The men were found unguilty but later admitted their crime. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person in a bus. For this, she was arrested, which started the 11-month bus boycott in Montgomery. Blacks walked instead of taking the bus. This was later ruled unconstitutional by the court, however. -
Little Rock
The Little Rock Nine. In Little Rock, Arkansas, schools became integrated. Nine black students were the first to enroll in an all white school, Central High School. Teasing and bullying occurred to the students, so President Johnson ordered the National Guard to guide and protect them. -
Sit-Ins
The Greensboro Sit-Ins. Four blacks sat down on whites-only counters in Nashville, Tennessee and was refused service. This influenced thousands of black college students to sit by the counters until arrest, and the court found them guilty. Eventually, they gained their rights to sit at the counters, and black employees were hired. -
Freedom Riders
Inspired by the sit-ins, members of CORE decided to bring a group of Freedom Riders on a bus trip down south, where at each stop they would use white-only waiting rooms and facilities. They left Washington D.C. on May 4th, and along the way mobs attacked the bus. This brought nationwide attention. -
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was formed on November 17, 1961 in which Martin Luther Kng led several demonstrations. He was later arrested, which his goal was to fill the jails. By this, he was hoping many others would join in his protest. Prichett then arrested several protestors, while releasing just Martin Luther King. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
In Birmingham, King raised several hundred thousand dollars to campaign against Birmingham segregation laws. He began in 1963 with sit-ins and marches, and was soon arrested. King stayed in jail for days writing a letter on the newspaper margins from Birmingham Jail. In the letter, he mentions the moral responsibility of people to break unjust laws. -
"Bull" Connor
Bull Connor and the Civil Rights Movment. Eugene “Bull” Connor was responsible for his approach on peaceful protestors on May 2, 1963. Known as Project C, he released police dogs when the protestors refused to disperse. Still protesting, Connor then called the firefighters to use their powerful hoses to spray the demonstrators. That included hundreds of children, and this event brought national attention worldwide. -
March On Washington
The March on Washington. This event occurred on August of 1963 for Jobs and Freedom. This march, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., led marchers from the monument to the White House. Hundreds of thousands of people arrived to hear Martin Luther King's speech, "I Have a Dream." Kennedy later used this march as a positive support for his bill. -
3 Civil Rights Workers Murdered
Three Civil Rights workers from the north, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were taken in by the police in Philadelphia in the morning. After being released at 10 P.M., the three men disappeared for 6 weeks with no trace causing a national search. On August 4th, the bodies were found buried in a dam near a farm.
