Civil Rights Movement August Woollatt

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

In Washington D.C., the Supreme Court declared that state laws making separate schools for Blacks and Whites was unconstitutional.
1. Plessy v. Furguson
2. Linda Brown was refused entry to her local school
3. Supreme Court ruled segregation in schools was unconstitutional

Emmit Till Murder (Money Mississippi)

Aug 28, 1955

Emmit Till reportedly flirted with a white girl in a store. That night two white men took him from his home. The next day he was found beaten, shot, and dead in a river.

Rosa Parks Arrested for Refusing to Give up her Bus Seat (Montgomery, Alabama)

Dec 1, 1955

1. Rosa Parks didn't get out of her seat for a white person
2. She was arrested

Montgomery Bus Boycott (Montgomery Alabama)

Dec 1, 1955

Black people boycotted riding the busses in Montgomery because they felt that they were discriminated against and wanted change

Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Washington D.C)

Aug 29, 1957

1. President Eisenhower
2. Gave more voting rights to African Americans

Events at Little Rock, Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas)

Sep 24, 1957

1. Nine African American Children wanted to go to a public school.
2. They sent in federal troops to escort the children.

Sit-In Campaigns (All over America)

Oct 12, 1960

Black people went into restaurants and other public places and if they weren't severed equally they say down until they were.

Attack of the Freedom Riders (Montgomery Alabama)

May 4, 1961

1. The Freedom Riders protested by sitting anywhere they wanted on the bus.
2. CORE helped organize the Freedom Riders by setting up protests.
3. Freedom Riders consisted of all races.

James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss (Oxford Mississippi)

Oct 1, 1962

1. He was turned away "for his safety"
2. Federal Troops were sent in to make sure he got in.

Medgar Evers Assassinated (Jackson Mississippi)

Jun 12, 1963

1. Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who organized voter-registration efforts.
2. He was shot walking to his house as his children watched.

The March on Washington (Washington D.C)

Aug 28, 1963

1. A huge meeting of people demanding their civil rights.
2. MLK Jr.'s "I had a dream speech.

Church Bombing (Birmingham Alabama)

Sep 15, 1963

Four African American girls sitting in the lobby of the church were instantly killed by the dropped bombs.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Washington D.C)

Jul 2, 1964

1. 88th United States Congress
2. Equal voting rights for everyone

MLK wins Nobel Peace Prize (Olso Norway$

Dec 10, 1964

MLK won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the Civil Rights Movement helping black people in America gain their rights.

March to Selma (Selma Alabama)

Mar 7, 1965

1. To register black voters met with opposition in the south.
2. Racist Whites rioted and attacked them.
3. 600 blacks were attacked on bloody Sunday.

Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice (Washington D.C)

Oct 2, 1967

1. He was a Lawyer who helped blacks
2. Because blacks were so discriminated by at the time

MLK Assassinated ( Memphis Tennessee)

Apr 4, 1968

1. He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis
2. It proved he was a Martyr for his cause