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Brown v. Board of education
It took place in Topeka, Kansas. The Plessy v. Ferguson case allowed separate but equal facilities. The Topeka kansas school board denied access to Olivier Brown to go the all white public school there. It resulted in the Supreme Court outlawing segregation in schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. Emmett was visiting a relative in Mississippi. In a shop he sweet talked to a white woman. Later that night two men broke came to Emmett's house and took him. He was later found dead in a river. -
Rosa Parks bus seat
It took place Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa parks got on a bus after a day of working. She sat in a "colored" seat. The driver told her to move for a white man. She denied, and they arrested her. They also fined her 10 dollars. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President D. Eisenhower signed the bill into place. The bill stated that federal prosecutors had the power to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. Helped make sure blacks exercise their right to vote. -
Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
Governor Orval sent the Arkansas state troops to prevent black kids from attending an all white school. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas. There, they they made sure the black kids could safely attend the all white school. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil activists that rode buses into the south to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The organizations SNCC and CORE helped organize the Freedom Riders. The Freedom Riders consisted of both whites and blacks. -
James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
When James Meredith tried to enroll at Ole Miss, riots broke out. The Mississippi governor Ross Barnett tried to stop James from attending the school. JFK eventually sent 538 federal law enforcement officers to make sure James can attend the college. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
He was a civil rights activist who organized demonstrations, efforts to have more blacks vote, and boycotted segregated businesses. He had just come home from a NCAA meeting, he got out of his car and was shot in the back. He died instantly. -
The March On washington
The purpose of the March on Washington was for jobs and freedom. Also to pressure the administration of JFK into making a strong civil rights bill in congress. The famous speech that was delivered there was the "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Poll tax outlawed
In Washington D.C. the 24th Amendment was passed. It stated that poll taxes were outlawed in federal elections. It was meant to help African Americans be able to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The civil rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment segregation. It was signed in by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Death of Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn
Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn was killed by Klansmen while driving in Colbert, Georgia. Lemuel was returning to town when a station wagon pulled up next to his car and fired two shots. Lemuel died instantly. The federal government sent dozens of investigators to help with the case. It was found that klansmen killed Lemuel. -
March on Selma
The goal of the March on Selma was to register black voters in the south. The marchers faced violence opposition from local and state authorities. The outcome was a Voting Rights Act passed later that year. -
Death of Jonathon Daniels
Johnathon Daniels was killed by a deputy sheriff in Hayneville, Alabama. The Civil rights activist had come to Alabama to support movements there. He and his fellow activists were going to buy a coke after getting out of jail. Then Tom Coleman shot and killed Johnathon and Richard Morrisroe -
Death of Ben Chester White
Ben Chester White was murdered by klansmen in Natchez, Mississippi. He worked on a plantation and minded his own business. He was just at the wrong time at the wrong spot. The klansmen killed him in hopes that MLK would come to Natchez, so they could kill him. -
Thurgood Marshall First Black Supreme Court Justice
He was an attorney for the NAACP before becoming a Supreme Court Justice. I think this was a monumental event, because I think it shows segregation is coming to an end. -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
King was at Memphis, Tennessee to support sanitation worker's strike. There he gave a speech. The next day he was on his balcony where a sniper's bullet hit his neck. He died shortly after. His death. His death really shocked all of America because he was a leader to all, and represented civil rights.
