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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks started a revolution by refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus. A bus driver asked her to move to the back of the bus so that her seat could be given to white people, the others got up and moved while Rosa stayed seated. The bus driver then had her arrested and she was fined $10 becoming a start to a revolution. -
The Little Rock 9
9 Students enrolled at an all white high school located in Little Rock Arkansas. This was then the first integrated school, followed by this incident, the Supreme court found that segregation in public schools were unconstitutional leading to the integration of all schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 which was really a voting rights bill and was the first civil rights legislation passed by congress since 1866. -
The Sit-in Movement
4 black students From NC sat down at a woolworth counter in a restauraunt full of white people and refused to get up. The waitresses refused to serve them and they were brutally beaten and pulled out of their chairs. -
The Freedom Riders
To test the limits of segregation blacks and whites chosen by the congress were sent to see how segregated some places were. Blacks would sit at white counters and try to use white restrooms vice versa. Their trip went from Washington DC to the deep south. One of the busses was set on fire by protestors awaiting them. Riders included busses,planes and trains.
Sadly When they got deep into the south white protesters awaited them and one of their buses was set on fire. THe bus was destroyed and -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
Meredith wanted to get into the University of Mississippi. The Governor (Ross Barnett) denied his registration. Federal Marshals tried to help him get in and they were attacked by mobs. Durring the summer a few troops were sent to watch over him until he graduated in august. -
The March on Washington
Two people that everyone looked up to got together to pass the Civil Rights Bill. These people were Martin L. King and John F. Kennedy. Their tatctic for this? A march in Washington DC. THis was where King made his famous "I have a dream" speech. -
Protests in Birmingham
King, acknowledging that there would be violence and a possibility of jail started a protest in Birmingham. Needless to say he was sent to jail where he wrote the Birmingham Jail letter which shocked many people because of his citations to books he read. he made references to books he didnt have with him to look into to make those references. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Presedent Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act. It was relatively easy for him to pass acts because all he had to say was that its what Kennedy wouldve wanted. This gave gov more ability to stop discrimination. -
The Selma March
King was only asking for a mere 3% of black citizens to be able to register to vote. White citizens were armed and ready to fight. As an outcome to this many of the protestors were injurred and it happened until state troupers came to protect the blacks. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The House of Representatives passed the voting rights act of 1965. It authorized the District Attorney to send federal examiners to register qualified voters. This made it possible for black people vote. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Sadly King was assassinated. He was standing on his balcony in Memphis and he got sniped. King would always say that when he got up to brush his teeth he always kept in mind that it could be his last time doing that, that he could and would die eventually. After his death, the movement died down, but helped blacksto stand up for themselves and not let history repeat itself.
