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Plessy v. Ferguson
PBS Homer Plessy was sitting on the white side of the car and refused to move. He was taken to court were he challenged the separate car act. The supreme court ruled that separate facilities for African Americans were considered constitutional as long as they were "equal". -
Brown v. Board of Education
History
Brown v. Board of Education was a case that spoke whether schools should keep segreation. This was declared that it made black childrenn feel inferior and violated the 14 amendment. Thus it was announced to be unconstitutional, this was a great win for African Americans and this encouraged them to keep fighting for their civil rights. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Biography Emmett was seen flirting with a white cashier. He was later killed by four white men, by beating the young 14 year old boy and then shooting him on the head. The four white men were freed from the criminal charge, this angered African Americans and the open casket funeral showed America how serious and brutal treatment was against them. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
RosaParks Rosa Parks was asked to give her seat toa white person but refused so was fined and arrested. Because of Rosa Parks incident Martin Luther king and many others did a bus boycott and made the bus company lose thousands of dollars. By Nov 3, 1956 segregating in buses was named unconstitutional. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
MLK conference In Atlanta Georgia, led by MLK he led protestors to non-violently speekings against discrimination inn the South. This protestings led to the Civil Rights Act. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
Nine Arkansas teenegers were the first to go to Little Rock High School.Daisy Bates helped these nine students ingress to the school in the South were they were still being segregated by people even though they were allowed to attend. Eisenhower sended the Army for the students to attend and succedeed. -
The Greensboro Sit-In
GreensboroIn North Carolina, four African American students sat at the white side of a lunch counter and in a non-violent said to want to be served. They lasted there the whole day and the next day returned with more college students. This type of protested spread to the North and South with many white and black young adults participating. -
Freedom Rides/ Freedom Riders
Freedomriders Freedom riderrs consisted of white activists and African Amerricans who headed South to protest segreation in buses. This got public attention and others joined to the cause. This was another event that helped by September 1961 end segregations in buses and trains. -
March on Washington
HistoryHistory
The March on Washington was to protest for jobs and freedom for African Americans.After years of tension and discrimination Martin Luther King among many other went to talk to a multitude of Americans to finally put an end to all. It impacted and influenced many Americans and later on in 1965 African Americans could vote. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
Overview White civil rights activist helped African Americans in Mississippi register to vote. It was known as the freedom Summer, they protested to end vote segregation. Their protesting helped by passinf the civil rights of 1964 and voting rights in 1965. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
CivilRights Signed by Presiddent Lyndon Johnson but addressed by Kennedy, Segregation was forbidden. Public places as well as jobs, and schools were forbidden to discriminate. This work through open the way for other groups to make breakthroughs and made the possibility for our 1st African American president possible. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
History Malcolm was giving a lecture about his Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York. There he was shot by a group of Nation of Islam at a rally. This influenced protesters and the black panther party was influenced by Malcom's philosophies. -
Voting Rights Act
VotingRights African American men were granted the right to vote based on the 15 amendment. Signed by president Lyndon Johnson, this act ended the literacy test that made voting for African American people imposible. African American men were more considered as a equal Americans in the eyes of the U.S government. -
Assassination of MLK
MLK MLK had been part of non violent protest and influenced many protestors. In 1968 MLK was assassinated and while he died his dream did not. MLK kept others inspired by his speeches and on present day a day was separated and recognized that he contributed to Civil Rights.
