Civil Rights Movement

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  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Montgomery Bus CodeImportant People:
    Rosa Parks
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    What Happened?:
    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the Montgomery Bus. She wss arrested and fined. Martin Luther King Jr. then started the bus boycotts. African Americans would walk or take cabs instead of using the busses.
    Fun Fact:
    Cabs would charge anyone participating in the bus boycotts the same amount it would cost to ride the busses.

  • The little Rock 9

    The little Rock 9
    Eisenhower TelegramImportant People:
    Govenor Orval Faubus
    President Eisenhower
    What Happened?:
    A group of 9 African American students were enrolled in Central High School. The govenor would not let them into the school and blocked the door with the National Guard. President Eisenhower told him he had to let these children into school. They were harrassed and made fun of by many olf the students and also had to leave early due to the torture.

  • Civil Rghts Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957Important People:
    President Eisenhower
    What Happened?:
    The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts.

  • The Sit-In Movement

    The Sit-In Movement
    Diane Nash on the Sit-In MovementImportant People:
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    College students : Black & White
    What Happened?:
    College students would go into sit-in restaurants and movie theaters and would not move until they were served. Many were also arrested before they got served. This proved that they could have non-violent protests

  • The Freedom Riders

    The Freedom Riders
    Letter From a Freedom Riders FatherImportant People:
    African Americans
    What Happened?:
    The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. They intended to test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynton v. Virginia , which declared segregation in interstate bus and rail stations unconstitutional.

  • james meredith and the segregation of the university of mississippi

    Integregation of Ole MissImportant People:
    James Meredith
    President Kennedy
    What Happened?: An African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Chaos briefly broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested.

  • Protests in Birmingham

    President Kennedy Talks on Protests in BirgminghamImportant People:
    President Kennedy
    What Happened?:
    In the spring of 1963, activists in Birmingham, Alabama launched one of the most influential campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement: Project C, better known as The Birmingham Campaign. It would be the beginning of a series of lunch counter sit-ins, marches on City Hall and boycotts on downtown merchants to protest segregation laws in the city.

  • March on Washington

    I Have a Dream Important People:
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    What Happened?:
    The March on Washington was organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. It culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for racial justice and equality.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Civil Rights Act of 1964Important People:
    Lyndon Johnson
    What Happened?:
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964, ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

  • The Selma March

    Important People:
    Martin Luther King
    African Americans
    What Happened?:
    Protestors attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. As the world watched, the protesters finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. This helped raise awarness the Black voters had to face.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Transcript of Voting ActImportant People:
    Lyndon Johnson
    What Happened?:
    The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendmentto the Constitution of the United States.

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King jr.

    Important People:
    Martin Luther King Jr
    James Earl Ray
    What Happened?:
    Martin Luther King, Jr., was an American clergyman and civil rights leader who was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. James Earl Ray shot him.