The Civil Rights Movement

By Kil13rW0lf

  • 14th Amendment (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Passed in Washington, D.C
    • Granted citizenship and equal civil rights to African Americans and slaves emanciated after the American Civil War.
    • All people born or nationalized in the United States are granted citizenship.
    • The amendment was not properly enforced until the Civil Rights of 1964.

  • 13th Amendment

    • Passed in Washington, D.C
    • Abolished slavery in the United States
    • Made it the law of the land "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

  • 15th Amendment

    • Passed in Washington, D.C
    • Granted African American men the right to vote.
    • This amendment was honored until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • Plessy vs Feguson (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Louisiana
    • An African American train passenger, Homer Plessy refused to sit in the Jim Crow Car, breaking Louisiana law.
    • The United States Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

    • Occurred in Topeka, Kansas
    • Oliver Brown, was a parent of one of the countless children denied access to Topeka's white schools. Brown claimed that Topeka's racial segregation violated the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause because the city's black and white schools were not equal to each other and never could be.
    • Inspired the need for a education reform and formed the legal means of challenging segregation in areas of society.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Montgomery, Alabama
    • Ignited by the apprehended Rosa Parks. It was a non-violent protest lead by Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Showed how things can be done peacefully without violence.

  • Emmett Till Case (only the year in correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Mississippi
    • Fourteen year old Emmett that was murdered for saying bye to a White woman in the general store. His corpse was so damaged that they were unable to identify him until they saw his ring (that had his initials on it).
    • Emmett's mother made his funeral open-casket, to show the world what Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam did to her son.

  • Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Orange County, California.
    • The Mendez case was all started because the white schools refused to allow Mexican-American children to enroll.
    • It was the first time segregation in education was successfully challenged in a federal court. It made California the first state to segregate their schools.

  • The Little Rock 9 (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Little Rock, Arkansas.
    • After Little Rock school board votes to coordinate schools, National Guard troops keep African American teenagers from going to class. 1000 government paratroopers escorted African American students to protect the peace. Arkansas Gov. Faubus reacts by shutting schools for 1958-59 school year
    • Showed the States the President will enforce the ruling.

  • Lunch Counter Sit-in (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occured first in Greensboro, North Carolina
    • College students initiated a non-violent protest by filling lunch counters at restaurants.
    • On April 17, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is founded. This shows how even the newer generation wants a change.

  • Freedom Riders Oppose Segregation (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in the Southern states
    • Blacks and whites take buses to the South to protest bus station segregation. Many are greeted with riots and beatings
    • Showed how it was manly the Southern that were against change and now even White people would support the civil rights cause.

  • March on Washington

    • Occurred in Washington, D.C.
    • Martin Luther King Jr. lead a march to support the creation of the Civil Rights Act.

  • 24th Amendment (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Passed in Washington, D.C. -Poll tax (which had been used to prevent blacks from voting) outlawed. Black voter registration increases and candidates begin to turn away from white supremacy views in attempt to attract black voters.
    • A giant step for a nation to become truly a equal and free society.

  • Mississippi Summer Freedom Project (one the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Mississippi
    • Bob Moses organize the project that involved sending White and Black volunteers to the South to register Black voters.

  • Selma to Montgomery March (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama.
    • Martin Luther King Jr. lead 54-mile march to support black voter registration.
    • It supported a time for change and in result President Johnson addresses nation in support of marchers.

  • The Watts Riots (only the year is correct in the date)

    • Occurred in Watts, California.
    • In the predominantly black Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, racial tension reaches a breaking point after two white policemen scuffle with a black motorist suspected of drunken driving.
    • This showed how there was still a long way to go until the nation would agree upon equal rights among minorities.