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Although most men in the military didn’t appreciate their help, black soldiers were allowed in the military.
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Showed that segregating black students to different schools is unconstitutional.
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A young man visiting the south got beaten to death because he wasn’t aware of the way people were treated in the south.
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Rosa refused to get up from her seat to let a white person sit. She was trying to get rid of segregation on the buses.
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African American Civil Rights organization that stills stands today.
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Black protesters were trying to get rid of segregation by refusing to leave until they were served.
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Group of students that organized several nonviolent protests and demonstrations.
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Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into southern segregated communities to help show that the freedom laws need to be enforced.
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He was a civil rights figure who was the first African American student to be admitted in the University of Mississippi or any college for that matter.
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White men mistreating black demonstrators by using high powered fire hoses.
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A letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. that defends the strategy of nonviolent protesting against racism.
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Recorded as the biggest political rallies for human and economical rights.
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A church that was bombed in act of white supremacist power and terrorism.
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Allows all to vote for free without being hassled for it.
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First nine black children in a white school. This shows that discrimination is starting to be demolished.
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All three were civil rights workers who were at the time registering black people to vote. They went to investigate the burning of a church when they were arrested. They were soon released to the ku klux klan who murdered the three.
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An act which outlawed discrimination towards racial, religious, ethnicity, and women no matter where it may be or what the situation is.
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Malcolm X was a big protest for human rights
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Prohibited discrimination in voting.
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The most severe riot that took place in Watts neighborhood in LA which lasted for 6 days. It resulted in 34 deaths, 1032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage.
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Prohibits federal contractors and federally-assisted construction contractors and subcontractors who do over $10,000 of Government business in a year from discriminating others judging by their race, religion, or sex.
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A black socialist organization that lasted from 1966 to 1982. This organization's goal was to achieve notoriety, which they did by being involved in the black power movement and US politic.
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Shows that people can fall in love no matter the race.
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MLK was the prominent leader of the civil rights movement. He was assassinated at the Lorraine motel in Memphis Tennessee. A man by the name of James Earl Ray shot him and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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An act that provided equal housing opportunities regarding race, ethnicity, or color.
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The British army shot 26 civil rights protesters and bystanders.
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Congress passed the civil restoration act, overriding President Reagan's Veto. The act extended the reach of the non-discrimination laws.
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Put more restrictions on those whom sued their employers for descrimination.
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Black activists committed crimes and captured a video of police brutality.
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Former Ku Klux Klan member Edward Ray Killen is convicted of manslaughter at the age of 80.
