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Emmet Till
Emmet Till was a black teenager who was kidnapped and murdered by three white men in Missippi after being seen flirting with a white woman. This is the event that many historians believe started the Civil Rights Movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boyccott
The Montgomery Bus line was boycotted following the arrest of Rosa Parks. Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. The Bus company was boycotted for over a year. The Supreme Court eventually ruled that segregation on busses was unconstitutional. -
The Phylosophy of Non-Violence: Letters From a Birmingham Jail
Doctor Martin Luther King Jr developed the principals of non-violent protest. He insisted that the way to gain the attention and respect of the media was through non-violent protest. -
Little Rock Nine
After the Warren Court has ruled segregation unconstitutional. The Little Rock Nine were the first black students enrolled at an all-white school. Protests were so sever that Eisenhower send federal troops to escort the students on their first day. -
Youth Movement: SNCC and Sit- Ins
The SNCC was the Student Nonviolence Coordination Comitee was constructed by students to hold nonviolent sit-ins. The students would take place in all of the major protests. -
Freedom Riders
African Americans and White activists (from CORE)organized bus trips across country in order to protest segregation in interstate buses. The protests sprouted such violence that federal troops were called in to suppress riots. -
James Meredith and Ole Miss
James Meredith, a black student, tried to apply to the University of Mississippi. Riots broke out on campus resulting in 2 dead and many injured. Kennedy called on federal troops to restore order. -
Project C and Children's March
Civil Rights Advocates lauched a nonviolent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama in order to fight city segregation ordinances. -
March on Washington
Martain Luther gathered thousands of white and black protesters in a nonviolent march in Washington in order to advocate Civil Rights. At the Washington Monument, King delivered his iconic "I have a Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act
Law that outlawed the Descrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national orgin. The acts were supplemented in later years in congress. -
Freedom Summer
CORE and the SNCC organized a drive trying to register as many black voters as possible. Mississippi historically turned away most black voters. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X became a Muslim minister after a short stint in prison. He preached nonviolence alongside of MLK. He was assasinated in Omaha. -
Selma to Montgomery march
A March from Selma to Montgomery Alabama in order to protest the difficulty of voter registration for Black Americans. The demonstrators were attacked by state troopers, calling the day Bloody Sunday -
Voting Rights Act
Voting for all colored men was legal, this law made it harder for southern states to restrict African Americans from Voting.
