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Brown v Board of Education
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Rosa Parks: Mont. Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks went on a bus in Alabama and sat in an empty seat. The bus driver told her to sit somewhere else so a white person could sit, but she refused. Martin Luther King later said to protest against segregation & oppression with nonviolence. -
Little Rock Nine
Where 9 african american students attend an all white school (Central HIgh School). The Arkansas governor called the national guard to prevent them from going in the school. TV allowed northerners to witness jim crow laws and racism. Ernest Green is the 1st african american to graduate from the school. -
Greensboro Sit Ins
Black teenage kids participate in sit ins at white lunch counters to protest with nonviolence. -
Freedom Riders
CORE tests the court's decision to ban interstate bus segregation by sitting together with whites. People get brutally beaten. -
James Meredith and the Uni of MS
James Meredith enrolled at the University of MS on the fed court's approval in 1962. Governor Ross Barnett would not let him enter. However, JFK orders federal marshals to escort Meredith to register's office. He became the first African American student to integrate the University of Mississippi after winning a federal case guaranteeing his right to do so in 1962. -
March on Washington
People participated in a huge non violence protest in Washington D.C. uniting NAACP & SNCC and other labor unions and religious groups. This is where MLK said his famous "I have a dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
3 weeks after the march in Washington, a bomb went off in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham killing 4 African American girls. In the next year, Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that says there should be no discrimination against race, religion, or gender. -
Freedom Summer
CORE & SNCC try to register blacks to vote in Mississippi. People who participated were beaten and killed. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party formed to get seat in Mississippi Party. Lyndon Baines Johnson was scared to lose southern whites vote, so he makes a compromise. However, MFDP and SNCC were not happy. -
March on Selma & Voting Rights Act of 1965
MLK leads the march of Selma of only 600 people, but is shut down by police violence. TV shows this, & the next march had 25,000 people marching to make a difference.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned the use of literacy tests & fed government oversee registration. -
Malcolm X & The Black Power Movement
Malcolm X is a black Muslim leader who believes that whites are the source for black problems. He thinks blacks should have their own community separate from whites. A pilgrimage to Mecca changed his views, but he sadly died after giving a speech in 1965.
Stokely Carmichael (head of SNCC) calls for the black movement (African Americans control own lives, communities, without whites). Not long after, a group called the Black Panthers came. They want to fight back against police brutality. -
After CRM
African American poverty rates begin to fall & the median income of colored people and the graduation percent increased. Things were starting to shape up, slowly but surely. -
Diversity In Schools
Schools now have changed tremendously. Ethnicities and races from all over the world go to school together. Whites and Blacks aren't separated, no one is. Most of the time, this is no issue. -
Rosa Parks Lasting Impact
“Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.”
- Rosa Parks
Because of this woman, people of color could freely sit wherever they may choose. She helped paved the road for equality and freedom. -
Voting in 2018
Now in 2018, anyone of legal age can vote. It does not matter your skin color, race, religion, anyone can vote freely in the United States. -
Martin Luther King's Impact
"The time is always right to do what is right."
-MLK
MLK had such a lasting impact on society. To honor what he has accomplished, we celebrate MLK day, which is on January 15th and is celebrated on every third Monday of said month. -
Television helps the CRM and Social Media
The television had a major impact on the CRM. It exploited racism and how badly colored people were treated back then. As of today, we can now easily social see how far the world has come through social media. Through such media, people can start empowerment businesses and exploit any racist activity. -
James Meredith Impact
James Meredith today is still alive, being 85. His struggle to get into the Uni of MS inspired many people and to show why the fight for equal rights was so important. James proved that African Americans can get a higher education -
Racism in the Media
The CRM was very successful in doing its part to establish equality & for African Americans. Of course, it wasn't going to fix everything. Even in today's generation, people of all colors and races still experience racist comments and actions. Racism is everywhere, people just choose to ignore and see what they want to see. -
Black Lives Matter Movement
The BLM movement sparked in 2013 to provide insight and to stop the violence and racism against the African American community. This movement intends to spread knowledge about the reckless charges against colored people and to acknowledge those who have fought for the equality of everybody.
Even today, people are still faced with discrimination, surely but slowly the world will get to the point where every person is equal.
The CRM was a huge stepping stone for the world.
Here's to another.
