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Brown v. Board of Education
plessy v Ferguson allowed seperate but equal facilities.
people protested in topeka kansas which started brown v edu.
the result of brown v edu was that the schools were ruled unequal.
this case sparked the civil rights movement. -
Emmett till murdered
Emmett was murdered in money, Mississippi for saying "bye baby" to a white women -
John earl reese killed
John was killed in Mayflower, Texas by night riders that were opposed to school improvements -
Rosa parks arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat
at the time if a white person wanted a seat that a black person had on the bus the white person would get the seat and the black person would have to go to the back of the bus, on December 1, 1955 Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man.
she was arrested as a result of her actions. -
bus segregation
The supreme court bans bus segregation all over the U.S. even though this was mostly disregarded. -
Events at little rock, Arkansas
in little rock, black students would be attacked for trying to attend school.
the government protected the students by sending military force to escort them around school. -
civil rights act of 1957
president Eisenhower passed this law.
the law empowered individuals to prosecute other individuals who denied someones right to vote. -
Sit in
A Group of black students preformed a sit in at a whites only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
attack of the freedom riders
the freedom riders took a group of black people and rode on bus tours through the south.
CORE helped organize this group.
freedom riders were not strictly African american. -
James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
when Meredith tried to enroll at ole miss riots broke out and 31,000 troops were sent by Kennedy to control the riots. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Medgar evers was a 37 year old civil rights activist and a field secretary for the NAACP.
evers was shot in the back with his children watching. -
The March on washington
The purpose of the march on Washington was to gain rights for African Americans.
Dr. King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. -
Civil rights act of 1964
president Lyndon Johnson passed the civil rights act of 1964.
the law banned discrimination and segregation. -
March to Selma
the march was organized to help register black voters in the south.
they met state and local officers on there march.
they made it to Selma in 3 days with help of the gov. -
Benjamin Brown
he was a civil rights worker who was killed when police fired on protesters in Jackson, Missisipi -
Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall integrated schools and other places under Jim Crow segregation as legal counsel.
it was monumental for African Americans because he was that first African american in that position. -
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. King was standing on the 2nd floor balcony of Lorraine motel with other men from the SCLC when he was shot.
his death had a large impact on whites and African Americans because he brought both races together as one.
