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Civil Rights Project

By elizab3th

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education
    <a href='http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement/videos/separate-but-not-equal' A seven year old girl named Linda Brown in Topeka Kansas tried to enroll into an all white school but her enrty was denied so her father sued the Topeka Board of Education.The court said separate-but-equal or segregated schools were unconstitutional. Segregated school were now illegal but many schools still did not desegregate. The Sibley Commission asked the public how they felt and the majority said that they would rather close schools than integrate.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery bus boycott started when Rosa Parks was asked to rise from her seat because there wasn't enough seats for the whites and refused because she was tired from work. The goal of the boycott was for African Americans to be treated with courtesy and to be able to sit where they wanted. Blacks didn't get on the busses and the busses lost money. It lasted for 3 months. In the end the court rulled segregated public transportation unconstitutional.

  • Formation of SCLC

    Formation of SCLC
    The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed after the Montgomery boycott and was an organization that fought for civil rights in a non-violent way. Dr. Martin Luther King was the president of the SCLC.

  • Admission of Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes into the University of Georgia

    Admission of Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes into the University of Georgia
    Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African American students to attend UGA. It was a big deal because no other black students have ever attend UGA. Hamilton Holmes passed away October 26, 1995 and Charlayne Hunter is now an award-winning journalist.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Freedom Riders are blacks and whites that rode on busses through the south of the US to protest segregation on interstate bus terminals. According to History.com "African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa" although they received violence "..the Interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in bus and train stations nationwide."

  • Albany Movement

    Albany Movement
    Dr. King,SCLC, Charles Jones, SNCC, William G. Anderson and NAACP were some the people that participated in the Albany Movement. They fought for civil rights in a non-violent way. For example on November 1st Afican Americans sat in the “Whites Only” section of the bus station waiting area and didnt move. Even though“they were quickly arrested. This prompted the African American community to unite and form the Albany Movement, which was led by Dr. William Anderson" according to the textbook.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, James Farmer, Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King were the leaders of the mach where 250,000 people attended. They marched for their civil rights and it was porbably the most well known march in the civil rights movement. Dr. King said his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

  • CIvil Rights Act of 1964

    CIvil Rights Act of 1964
    'http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act/videos/civil-rights-act-of-1964' The civil rights act was "strongest civil rights bill in history." The act made segregation of public facilities illegal, gave the equal protection clause more power and prohibited discrimination. President Kennedy was the one to come up with the bill but was assassinated so President Johnson passed the law.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    The voting rights act overcame the barriers that prohibited African Americans to use their right to vote like literacy test etc. It was passed by President Johnson. The march from Selma to Montgomery is what influenced the Congress to pass it. It was important because now more African Americans than before could vote.

  • Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

    Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta and had a great education. Benjamin Mays was his mentor and taught Dr. King his non-violent vision. In addition to Benjamin Mays Dr. King also was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. King was a major part of the movement because he led marches and made speeches throughout the south. Although he was jailed sometimes and almost got killed before his assassination he never gave up for the civil rights of African Americans. He will never be forgotten.

  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

    • Georgia and the American Expirience textbook
    • New Georgia Encyclopedia
    • History.com