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The Brown V. Board of Education was a trial about African Americans and whites going to the same schools on may 17th 1954 the trial came to a end and the final conclusion was racial segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.
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He got a big group of people to walk a peaceful protest they were going on strikes for segregation on buses and the march to washington.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest which African Americans refused to ride the bus in Montgomery Alabama to protest segregated seats. Four days before the protest Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man.
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Governor Orval Faubus got the national guard to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. this was a big party of National civil rights movement because it was a nonviolence.
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It was a 6 month long protest hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined. All those people were protesting for desegregation of Woolworth lunch counter.
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Robert Moses proposed the idea to SNCC and COFO leaders he pushed the idea more and more and then was chosen to direct it early in 1964.
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watts riots started when a African American was pulled over and arrested for intoxicated driving. The police say he was resisting arrest and know one knows if the police used brute force to take him down. it started august 11th 1965 and ended august 16th 1965
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It was founded on October 10th 1966 by a man named Stokely Carmichael. A lot of the movement meant pride and self determination Black Power influenced everything from popular culture to education.
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The kerner report was issued on February 29th 1968. 2 million people bought copies of the 400 page book.
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Vivian Strong was young and was shot and killed without warning by police. the killing started a 3 day riot in omaha.
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His death made many African Americans angry and outraged. Some people would call it a wave of of civil disturbance which swept the united states.
