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Kidnapped
A young boy named Emmett Till was on a family vacation in Mississippi. He whistled at a white women and got kidnapped for it. His dead body was found beaten and bruised because, the two white men who had kidnapped him abused him until death. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Sparks was only one of the brave negros who stood up for herself. For thirteen months individuals refused to give up their seats on busses for white people. Eventually a boycott started and barely any negros were riding the bus. After much time, on June 5, 1956, segregation on busses was named unconstitutional. The court case was named Browder v. Gayle. -
It Begins
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established. Martin Luther King Jr. was to be the head of it. This would consist of all nonviolent and peaceful events to help take down segregation. -
Central High School
In Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African American students tried to attend Central High School. The school had the armed forces block their entrance into the school. President Eisenhower had to send in troops to protect these students and make sure they could get into the school, because when they tried to make it into the school, the mobs would attack them. -
Sit-Ins
In Greensboro, North Carolina, four African American went to an all white people diner. They sat at the counter and were refused service. After being refused service, and abused physically and verbally by other custumers, they refused to leave. This sparked many other African Americans to start doing the same thing. -
Freedom Riders
Busses and public transportation had separate waiting areas. Thirteen men and women decide to take a stand and ride in the public busses all together from Washington D.C. to Alabama. This protest got very violent. The riders were attacked, but refused to quit, even when the drivers refused to drive them. Marshalls had to protect these men and women from the mobs. They eventually got arrested for trespassing and spent 60 days in jail. -
Ole' Miss
James Meredith was accepted into The Univerisity of Mississippi. When he tried to enter, a mob tried to stop him. The college was refusing to let him through the doors. Eventually after a few attempts to walk through the doors, President John F. Kennedy stepped in. He had armed forces escort James into the college. -
Washington March
Close to 2,000 people gathered outside the Lincoln Memorial to listen to a speak by Martin Luther King Jr. So much peace was brought that day, Unfortunately it did not last. -
Young Deaths
Four girls were going to school in the church where the meeting lead by Martin Luther Jr. took place, in Burmingham, Alabama. A bomb was dropped on the church that day, and the four little girls died. -
Voting
In Mississippi, a whole summer was to be dedicated to train white people to help get more negros registered to be voters. Three of the men were in a car and got arrested on the way to Mississippi for speeding. Right after they were released, they were kidnapped. Their bodies were later found and identified. -
The End!
The Civil Right Act of 1964 was signed by President Johnson! The law stated that there could be no more segregation in houses, schools, or the workplace.
