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Brown v. Board of Education was a series of court hearings that resulted in the Supreme court deemed segregation in public schools unconstitutional. This case was started because a black school girl had to walk to a bus stop and go to school across town even though she lived a block away from the white school. This happened in 1954 and was the beginning of the Civil Rights movement -
Rosa Parks was a Civil Rights leader. She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat in the front the bus. This led to publicity of the movement and for protests to be held. -
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. Its goal was to get media attention and to decline the income of bus companies. It lasted a total of 381 days and ended after supreme court outlawed bus segregation. -
On September 4, 1957 nine African American students went to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They had to face the hatred of many local adults and children. It was the beginning of integration in schools -
Sit-ins were a form of peaceful protest used to go against segregation laws. It resulted in harassment and violence from others. This resulted in photos of food dumped on people. Protesters would sit at the whites only counter for as long as possible and would repeat this for multiple days. -
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. One bus was bombed and passengers were harassed at bus stops. This resulted in the Supreme Court in ruling that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
On May 2, 1963, more than one thousand African American students attempted to march into downtown Birmingham where hundreds were arrested. The following day, Public Safety Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor directed local police and fire departments to use force to halt the demonstrations. -
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963 -
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. Here is where Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream speech" -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This helped diminish discrimination in race in hiring, promoting, and firing. This was important because the Justice Department could now enforce these laws. -
Freedom Summer was a volunteer campaign launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. This resulted in the killing of three college students who believed were under protection fro the mass media coverage. The one who killed them was the Sheriff of the town. -
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. Mar 7, 1965 – Mar 21, 1965. They were stopped twice by police and attacked. This led to mad news coverage and resulted in them being let into the capital to peacefully protest. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. This allowed African Americans to vote freely without literacy tests or other unfair obstacles. This was an end to racial discrimination laws. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the face of the Civil Rights movement. He started his leadership role in 1955. He went on to touch the hear of America until his assassination in 1968. This led to a fall in the movement and was the start of major riots, violence ad looting.
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