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Brown v. Board of Education
People thought that blacks and white were two different people. Actually, they are the same people is just different skin tone. Each man has equal rights. People think that black and whites shouldn't be in the same room or go to the same school or use the same restroom. To end this, schools across American put African Americans and white together in the same classroom. -
The Campaign of ‘Massive Resistance’ to school desegregation
Orval Fabus order the national guard to secure the school from nine African-American studen: at the Little Rock Central School. This was nearly a month long operation until President Eisenhower sent troops o protect student. This was to keep African-Americans out of integrated school. -
The year of sit-ins Although sit-ins were not a new technique
Proven in 1958 at a store in Wichita Kansas that changed their policy of seating at lunch counters parks, beaches, libraries, theaters, and museums. -
Television as a catalyst for change By 1960
Over half of the American homes had a television in their house. televisions let people see what was happening all over the country. The television did more than let them know about the burgeoning civi rights movement, it also helped nifty the movement its self. -
Freedom Rides Freedom
These journeys made by Civil Rights activist for the Southern States. The first Freedeom Ride was named, Congress of Racial Equality also known as: CORE. Core left D.C. on May 4th, 1961. One bus was firebombed, another attacked by Ku Klux Klan. On May 24th, 300 riders to Jackson Mississippi were arrested. -
Race Riots in Harlem Racism
Excluded African-Americans from a lot of things such as, the voting booths, accumulations of wealth and resources, etc. Goernment turned its attention to the economic with its “War on property” -
The March from Selma to Montgomery
On March 7, 1965, a group of 600 people started to walk 54 miles starting at Selma ending in Montgomery. The marchers were only 6 blocks in when the police stopped them with tear gas, clubs and bull whips making them turn around back to Salma. This caught the attention of people across the country. With the support of the public the marchers we able to secceed with their march. -
Voting rights Act
In 1965 this act eliminated barriers on African - Americans to vote. Nearly four years after this act being in place the black voter registration in the South double -
Lowndes County freedom Organisation ****
Lowndes County Freedom Organisation also known as the Black Panther Party. They fought for more than the voting and education. They fought for wealth and violence. -
Civil Rights Act - Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act was created to ban discrimination on the sale, rental or buying of a house due to race, sex, and national origin. President Johnson signed the law after the shooting of MLK. This was considered the last achievement of the Civil Rights Era.
