US CIVIL RIGHTS

By RainaE

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    This court case went to the Supreme Court. It was an argument to integrate schools with the argument that children that go to black schools have a worse education. The doll test was a huge factor in the case to integrate schools.

  • rosa parks arrest

    Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus during Jim Crow Era. Rosa Parks was working with MLK to integrate buses.

  • montgomery bus boycott

    Rosa Parks was the first to not give up her seat. This began a boycott of not going on buses and using transportation. This would later lead to the integration of buses.

  • little rock nine

    The Little Rock Nine were the first nine black kids to go to integrate a white school. They were faced with harassment and trials just to get an education. One of the little rock nine didn't finish their year because they came back at the harassment they were facing.

  • sit-ins

    This was a protest in restaurants mostly held by college students. Students of all races would sit and refuse to get up to push restaurants to integrate.

  • freedom riders

    This was a group of black and white people who would travel across America protesting to integrate bus terminals and other public areas. Halfway through their trip they ended up continuing to move across the US.

  • Birmingham Protests

    This was a planned protest by MLK and many integration leaders. Birmingham was considered one of the most segregated cities and MLK wanted to integrate it to make a point to the US. This protet also included the Children's March.

  • march on washington

    MLK and other anti-segregation leaders led thousands of people to Lincoln's statue to march on Washington. There MLK gave his famous speech I Have a Dream

  • JFK Assassination

    JFK the current president was assassinated. He was with his wife Jaqueline Kennedy when he was assassinated.

  • Mississippi Summer

    This summer was in an attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible. Many white voters joined to fight against discrimination.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This act was declared that you can't discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, or land of origin. This act was a landmark law that was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Selma Marchees

    These marches were held in Selma, Alabama to Montgomery. These marches were to ensure that Black voters were allowed to vote

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This act outlawed the discrimination of voters based on race. President Johnson signed this act.

  • MLK assassination

    Martin Luther King was assassinated while leading a protest in Memphis Tennessee. He was shot while walking out of his hotel on April 4, 1968.