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Brown v. Board of Education
The court case that allowed separate but equal facilities was the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court. The case was against the Topeka, Kansas school board. The reason this case started was when African Americans began to be denied access into white schools. The court case ruled that segregated facilities, if equal, didn't violate the U.S. constitution. They said that segregation was different than discrimination. The outcome of this was that Supreme Court outlawed segregation in schools. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
In Montgomery Alabama, Rosa Parks an African American woman, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was then arrested for violating the law that blacks were required to sit in the back of buses. Angry, African Americans boycotted the public buses for 381 days. The boycott led to the Supreme court decision banning segregation on public transportation in 1956. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was passed by Congress. The act was to protect individuals rights. This act also ended segregation in public schools. -
Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
In Little Rock Arkansas, Central high school allowed nine African American students to attend the school. Mobs of whites blockaded the way for the students to get into the school. Governer Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent the black students from entering the school. With the help of the police, the students entered the school through a side entrance. -
Attack on the Freedom Riders
Freedom riders were blacks that rode buses into segregated parts to test the bus segregation laws. In Alabama, members of the Klu Klux Klan attacked a group of freedom riders. Whites joined into the freedom rides as well as blacks. -
James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
James Meredith, an African American man, tried to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962. He was greeted by angry and violent white mobs. The government got involved by ordering 31,000 National Guardsmen and others to enforce order. -
Medger Evers Assassinated
Medger Evers was a civil rights activist, and worked for the NAACP swell in Mississippi. On June 12th, 1963, he was shot while walking to his house with his two children. -
The March on Washington
In 1963, 200,000 americans rallied in Washington D.C. for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream' speech at this event. This speech became one of the most famous speeches in history. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, ended all forms of segregation. It was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. This act was elaborated on during later years. -
March to Selma
The goal of this march was to be able to register black voters. The protesters fought local authorities while trying to march from Selma to the Montgomery capitol. The protesters eventually achieved their goal, after marching for three days. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first Supreme Court Justice. Before he was appointed he was a part of the NAACP. I think this was a monumental event because this truly showed that they had as much rights and was able to now do all the same things that whites were able to. -
Assasination of MLK Jr.
Marin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. He was at the Lorraine Hotel on his balcony when he was fatally shot. This gave such a big impact on everyone because MLK Jr. was such a big part of the civil rights movement and when he died it was a big loss.
