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Brown V.S Board of Education
The Brown V.S the Board of Education was an event that changed American schools forever. The case was to end the use of segregation in American schools. Melinda Brown's parents wanted her daughter to get the same treatment as white students. So with the help of Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP, they took the case to the U.S supreme court and they ended up winning the case to end the segregation in schools. This was the first Government ruling that ever ended segregation in the U.S. -
The murder of Emmitt Till.
On August 28,1955, a fourteen year old boy by the name of Emmitt Till was found murdered in Money, Mississippi. He was beaten so badly that he was unrecognizable. The reason it is said that he was murdered is because he made whistled and made sexual advances at a white women at a store. The women's husband and a group of his friends kidnapped him and beat and mutilated him and then finally fatally shooting him and then dumped his body in the Tallahatchie river. They men were acquitted. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a huge turnout for the Civil Rights movement. A woman by the name of Rosa Parks sat in the front of the bus. At this point in time it was illegal for Black Americans to sit in the front of buses. A white man demanded for her to move to the back for her seat and she denied. He told the bus driver and the driver called the police and the police ended up arresting her. When federal ruling Browder VS Gayle took effect, it led to the U.S to end the segregation of buses. -
Little Rock Central High School Intergration
On September 3,1957, a group of nine black students enrolled in an all white school in little rock Arkansas. These students were hand chosen by the NAACP and they were the first black students to be enrolled in this school. The students had to be escorted by the National Guard for their protection because many people were very mad about the integration into their school. One of the students arrived late by herself and many people surrounded her and spit on her and hurled many insults at her. -
The Temple Bombing
On October 12,1958, a group of white supremacists decided to bomb one of Atlanta's biggest Temples. They say the reason they went with this plan was retaliation. The Temples senior rabbi, Jacob Rothschild openly spoke out about racial segregation and that he wants racial equality. This angered many people and they responded accordingly. The Bombing destroyed the North entrance and thankfully resulted in no deaths. This shocked the nation and will always be remembered. -
New Orleans School Intergration
The US Senate wanted the New Orleans School District to have their school system to have integrated schools. This began on November 4,1960. The first two schools to introduce integration was Mcdonogh No.19 and William Frantz elementary. In the days following the desegregation of the schools, many race riots broke out and many parents pulled their children out of the schools these black students were in. It ultimately took ten years for the New Orleans school district to have segregated schools. -
University of Georgia Intergration
The federal district court ordered the immediate admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, ending 160 years of segregation at the school. With this integration of an American University it was very big. This also caused many people to be upset. An angry mob gathered outside of Hunters dorm and they hurled insults and caused a great amount of property damage. With this integration, it allowed more black students to be accepted into Universities. -
Freedom Riders
A group of integrated students in 1961 went by bus to the deep south to test local compliance. Supreme Court rulings banning segregated accommodations on interstate buses and in bus terminals that served interstate routes. During one of their tours, their bus was firebombed and many of the patrons were severely beaten. Many of the patrons were also jailed due to the fact that they were testing Jim Crow laws. This act ultimately ended the use of segregation in all facilities. -
Ole miss Intergration
On September 30, 1962, riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. This created outcry because he was the first black student in this University. Meredith ended up attending the University and graduated the following year. -
March on Washington
On August 28,1863, one of the biggest rallies in American History took place. It was led by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. This march was for equality and job privileges for all. More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C and marched. This really shed light on racial injustices in America and it needed to be stopped. Many key figures were their and this march will always be remembered. This is where the infamous "I have a dream" speech was said. This march changed America for the better.
