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The Brown V. Board of Education case addressed about a girl named Linda Brown. She was denied admission to a school in Topkea, Kansas because of her race. The case was later than ruled unconstitutional. This was because it violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. -
The leader of the Boycott was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King had encouraged people to continue there protesting. he was very certain that the public opinion would force the government to end slavery. Slavery and segregation was wrong, and this Boycott proved that. -
A school board in Little Rock, Arkansas, had won a court order that required that 9 African American students would be admitted to Central High School. Where at he school, there were 2,00 white students. The Governor, Orval Faubus had troops prevent the students from entering the school. Eisenhower did not like what the governor did. he immediately sent troops to little rock, where the nine students were able to enter the school but were taken in an army station wagon. -
The sit in movement involved 4 college students. There names were Joseph McNeil, Ezell Balir Jr., David Richmond, and Franklin McCain. They always met up to talk about the civil rights movement. What they did was that they were going to sit-in an all whites lunch counter in the nearby Woodworth's department store. -
He demanded equality. He lost patience with the process of civil rights because of how slow it was. He felt that African Americans needed to act than and there, there should be no more waiting. He was assassinated which was ultimately lead by that he had broken the nation of islam. He had also criticized the organization. -
Segregated bus travel had remained that way in the south. The Freedom Riders were asked to volunteer to travel to the south to draw attention to it's refusal to integrate bus terminals. They were unfortunately attacked on those buses. They were repeated beaten viciously. -
Segregated bus travel had remained that way in the south. The Freedom Riders were asked to volunteer to travel to the south to draw attention to it's refusal to integrate bus terminals. They were unfortunately attacked on those buses. They were repeated beaten viciously.
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James Meredith was an African American air force veteran who applied for a transfer to the University of Mississippi. JFK had responded to not letting him register by having dispatched 500 federal marshals to escort James to campus. -
This was because of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He had realized that JFK could not push his civil rights bill to congress. He had found a way to build progress through congress and more public support. Today, this march is known for King's famous "I have a dream speech." After the march, The Civil Rights act of 1964 bill was passed. -
Even though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was established, voting rights were still unfortunately not permitted yet. It focused on segregation and discrimination. The purpose of the Selma march was to protest against voting rights. Demonstrators in Selma, Alabama had been arrested, this even included children. They had also been beaten. -
Life was not great for African Americans living in urban areas. They lived in poor neighborhoods, major cities were very over crowded and dirty, This lead to higher illness rates. Poverty also took effect and this meant low paying jobs. The Black Panthers was founded by a group of college students. The Black Panthers believed that a revolution was necessary in the United States, and they urged African Americans to arm themselves and prepare to force whites to grant them equal rights.
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