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Segregation in America
America, especially the south, is extremely segregated and based on discrimination and racism. Resentment from being mistreated all their lives builds up, and many African Americans take part in the Civil Rights movement, led by famous peaceful protester Martin Luther King Jr. -
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Segregated America
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The Supreme Court's Decision
After being faced with many court cases concerning the heavily segregated schools in the south, the Supreme Court make a decision. "In the field of public education... 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate education facilities are inherently unequal". One year later, the Court decides to completely outlaw school segregation, inspiring other attacks on discrimination throughout the country. -
Rosa Parks takes a stand
A tired worker coming back from her job takes a seat on a city bus, thankful to be able to sit down. Unknowingly, Rosa Parks sparked an enormous movement to eliminate discrimination throughout the country when she refused to give up her to a white man who boarded the bus. She was arrested and taken to jail. What may have at the time seemed like a small act of defiance then spurred the Montgomery Bus Boycott, wherein many African American workers refused to use the city buses. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brought into action by Rosa Park's act of defiance only three days previously, the Montgomery Women's Council called many African Americans into action. In a memo they stated: "Don't ride the bus to work, to town, to school, or any place Monday, December 5... if you work, take a cab, or share a ride, or walk". Montgomery officials, stopping at nothing in an attempt to sabotage the boycott, bombed four churches and the homes of the leaders of the boycott, King and Abernathy. -
Segregated Busing Unconstitutional
On this day, the Supreme Court rules in the favor of the MIA, or Montgomery Improvement Association, that segregated busing was unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
After the Supreme Court declares discrimination based on race illegal, a school in little Rock, Arkansas sends nine African American students to an all-white Central High School. The students were first prevented from entering by troops ordered by the Arkansas Governor, Orval Faubus. A federal judge then declared this illegal, and the students were allowed to enter. Eisenhower, who was president at the time, was forced to take action. He ordered troops of the 101st Airborne Division to prevent t -
Civil Rights Act
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act. This law created a permanent civil rights commission to assist African American's efforts to gain suffrage and other rights. While the act wasn't very successful, it paved a path for more constructive legislation to follow. -
Woolworth Sit-In
Another tactic for protesting the discrimination was peaceful activism. A prime of example of this is the four African American college students went to a whites-only lunch counter at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. When they were refused service, they sat and waited patiently despite threats of violence and intimidation. Other students followed the demonstration started by the first four. Before the end of the school year, over 1500 black demonstrators were protested. -
Civil Rights Act (pt. II)
This year, president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights act of 1964, outlawing segregation in public places and employment. -
Bloody Sunday
On this day, around 600 people, mostly African-Americans, planned to march from Brown Chapel AME church in Selma to the state capital, Montgomery, which was 54 miles away. They chose to do this because African-Americans were being faced with extreme prejudice when they attempted to vote or even gain suffrage. Violence from state troopers followed them. The troopers used bats, clubs, whips, and guns. Though no one was killed, 94 people were sent to hospitals.
