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The Lynching of Emmett Till - https://vimeo.com/11273819
14 year old Emmett Till and his cousin from Chicago, Illinois, visited relatives in Money, Mississippi. While there, he flirted with a cashier, 21 year old white woman Carolyn Bryant. On August 28, 1955, her husband Roy Bryant and his half-brother John Milam went to the house where Till was staying, took him at gunpoint, tortured him, shot him in the head and dumped him in the Tallahatchie River. At his open-casket funeral, people could see what had been done, causing an outrage around America. -
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was taken to jail and fined a total of $14. On December 5, 1955 blacks in Montgomery, Alabama stopped using the public buses to protest segregated seating on public buses.The boycott was led by NAACP leaders. The boycott lasted 381 days, ending on December 20, 1956 when the Supreme Court ruled that segregated bus seats were considered a violation of the 14th amendment. -
Southern Manifesto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5meNXTx4Y
A document written in February and March,1956. The document was signed by 101 politicians. 99 of them were Democrats and 2 of them were Republicans. The Southern Manifesto was put into place after the courts ruled against racial segregation in Brownv. Board of Education in 1954. Southern leaders wanted the opposite so they created the Southern Manifesto. The document changed the south by things like schools redrawing district lines so that it is all white. -
Little Rock 9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzUTPanGNuA
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was illegal. In 1957, 9 African American students were selected to integrate Central HS in Little Rock.The majority of the people in Little Rock did not want the integrated school, so they protested outside Central High School.The Arkansas governor brought the national guard to the school.The objective was to prevent blacks from going to school.President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne to escort the students into school. -
The Birth of SNCC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZE0a5-p9pg)
In April of 1960, the Student Nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC) was born. It was inspired by the sit-in back in February. The four college students that held the first sit-in were invited by Ella Baker, to Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, to help create the organization. They were a major force in the civil rights movement through the involvement of students who participated in “Freedom Rides” and the registering of African-Americans to vote. -
Freedom Riders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8CAKAXR-AM
Freedom Riders were anybody, no matter their race, gender, or age, who supported integration of travel facilities through the South. On May 14, 1961, the passengers rode the bus from Washington, D.C. to Mississippi. They endured rough beatings, name callings, and had two buses firebombed. People became aware of Freedom Rides due to the media (tv). This showed the harsh reality of what could happen to young people who supported civil rights. It led to desegregation of interstate bus travel. -
James Meredith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8VvNkTXVCM
James Meredith applied to the University of Mississippi. They only admit whites but the US Supreme Court ruled otherwise in Brown v. Board of Education. Being denied, head of the state chapter of NAACP, Megar Evens, advised him. A suit on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was denied because of his race, even having good records of military acts and academic coursework. Meredith soon went to the University of Mississippi. Kennedy sent troops to follow him. -
The Birmingham Campaign - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyFP4tUjrr8
The Campaign started in April 1963.The 3 leaders of it were Martin Luther King,Wyatt Tee Walker and Fred Shuttlesworth.They protested against the segregation that was happening in Alabama.They were nonviolent and began on April 3rd.The protesters did sit-ins at all white lunch counters, boycotted stores and marches.As a result, the “blacks only” & “whites only” signs were removed from bathrooms, water fountains, and lunch counters.The campaign broke down most barriers with segregation. -
Dr. Kings Letter From Jail
Martin Luther King was imprisoned by the Birmingham Police for peacefully protesting. During his time in jail he wrote a letter defending peaceful protests and encouraged more people to take part. He famously said “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” this encouraged many of his followers in the North and pushed many people on the outside to join the movement. -
“The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”
George Wallace attempted to put a stop to the enforcement of Brown vs. Board by standing and ordering armed guards to stand in the front of the University of Alabama to prevent black students from entering on the 11th of June, 1963. The backlash from this event showed the entire nation that segregation would not be tolerated in the future of America, and the determination of the South not to conform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgbNc-9Di7k -
March On Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjL1E3R9dF4
The March on Washington was to desegregate jobs and schools. It addressed the political, legal, and social struggle to get full citizenship rights for African Americans. More than a quarter of a million people marched. The marchers marched from Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial. The march was peaceful. There were two speeches made. One; Martin Luther King Jr. The second; John Lewis. The march was live on TV. The march pressured John F. Kennedy to get a strong federal civil rights bill in. -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqf0B2_j1A
James Chaney, and two whites—Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—were murdered close to Philadelphia, Mississippi. They worked to register black voters in Mississippi during “Freedom Summer” and investigated the burning of a black church.They were arrested by the police on invalid charges, imprisoned for many hours, and released after dark into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who beat and murdered them. This effected the civil rights movement by focusing on the KKK and how they treated people. -
Bloody Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7vrrYVyN3g
Who: SCLC, SNCC, MLK
Where: Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
Black rights activists were non-violently protesting for the right to vote. soon, a problem occurred at a bridge. They were stopped by the police, who told them to turn around. They didn’t listen and marched on, but the police shot tear gas and hit them with clubs. The word was sent to MLK, who made another march on the 9th. Afterwards, the Voting Rights Act was passed, leaving the activists satisfied. -
Voting rights act of 1965
It started when lyndon was elected for president in 1960. He wanted to improve the american life. Soon after african americans did a march for voting rights many were beaten which shocked lyndon. He decided to make it a law to allow african americans to vote. The law made it illegal to deny a vote to african americans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ2j8zSxPgU -
The Black Panthers Party- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrSBFSOjEqE
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was established in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.It was founded in Oakland, California. The two leading revolutionary men created the national organization as a way to collectively combat white oppression. After constantly seeing black people suffer from the torturous practices of police officers around the nation, Newton and Seale helped to form the pioneering black liberation group to help build community and confront the corrupt government -
Assassination of MLK
MLK arrived in Memphis on April 3rd for a march. He was leaving Lorraine Motel to go to a dinner. He was on a balcony talking to SCLC members when he was shot by James E. Ray a racist from Illinois. The bullet severed his spinal cord. An ambulance rushed him to St. Josephs Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05pm. The assassination caused riots in US. MLK’s widow and four children led silent march in Memphis, 40,000 people joined to honor MLK. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOBbxgxKvo] -
Civil Rights Act of 1964---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x0l_vkjozc
The civil rights act of 1964. Brought to attention July 2nd 1964 by president John F Kennedy in 1963. The new president Lyndon B Johnson took over and signed the civil rights act. He pushed it to people in congress Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen even the civil rights leader Martin Luther King jr and Roy Wilkins. The civil rights act was to stop discrimination of religion, race, or gender. The goal was to give everyone equal rights with schools, voting and to desegregate the public. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
On August 6th, 1965 the Voting Rights Act was signed. President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King were the main person involved in the act. President Johnson was the man that signed the act in Washington D.C. This act gave African Americans the guaranteed right to vote on local, state, and federal issues. This meant that African Americans were finally gonna have a say in the rules that are made. They are starting to get more and more rights to becoming fully equal to White Americans.
