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Brown v. Board
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that racial separation in all schools was unconstitutional. A lot of political leaders said that the separation decision violated the brights of the states to be in charge of their public education, and they responded back with defiance, legal challenges, delays, or token compliance. -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
African American women Rosa Park's arrested after she refused to move to the back of the bus for a white man starts a citywide boycott of the bus system. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to bring together its bus system. By allowing blacks and whites to ride together and sit where ever they please. Which led to the up come of Martin Luther King Jr. -
NAACP
In the late 1960s or early 1970s, The Supreme Court created the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. The NAACP objectives are, To make sure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens are the same for everyone.
To achieve equality of rights and get rid of race prejudice among the citizens of the United States. -
C.O.R.E
Along with the NAACP, the Supreme Court also created the Congress of Racial Equality group. The CORE is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played crucial importance for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
JFK
Across the entire U.S, more than 70 percent of African Americans voted for JFK to win president, and those votes supplied the winning edge in many major states. Once JFK took office in January 1961, all African Americans had very high expectations for the new administration. -
Equal Pay Act.
Equal Pay Act, passing congress in 1963. The Equal Pay Act is a federal law making sure that employers pay all employees equally for equal work, no matter if the employees are male, female, white or black. This was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by JFK as part of his New Frontier Program -
Lyndon Johnson
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964. did not allow discrimination in Public places provided for the integration of schools and other public places, and made employment discrimination against the law with jail time. This document was the most popular civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. -
The Selma to Montgomery March.
The Selma to Montgomery march is multiple civil right protests that were in Alabama, the southern state that was deep in racist policies. Protesters marched 54 miles from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. They were confronted by the white vigilante groups and deadly violence from the local authorities. They finally got to Montgomery after walking hours on end for 3 days. -
Voting Act
Voting Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, trying to overcome legal barriers at the states and local levels that denied African Americans from their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th amendment to the U.S Government. -
Watts Riots in Los Angeles
Starting out as a community-wide reaction to the arrest of the three African Americans in Los Angeles, the Watts Riot kept going for a whole six days and is very important to he " Black Power " movement in the late 1960's. The riot started from an accident on August 11, 1965, when Marguette Frye, a younger African American motor cycle rider got pulled over and taken into custody by Lee W. Minikus, a Caucasian Cali Highway Patrolman, for being suspected to be driving under the influence.
