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Plessy v. Ferguson
Allowed racial segregation on buses. -
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
Protested about the payment on the buses in which black people paid the most out of the white. They did not ride any buses until something was said. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Schools for black children were not equal to schools for white children. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Protested about the racial segregation on the buses. Successfully ended the racial segregation on buses. -
Little Rock Nine
9 Teenagers attended a white high school. In which it resulted to many white people raging. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Led protests, boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides, voter registration drives were huge. And were successful at grass roots organizing. -
Greensboro sit in
A nonviolent sit in of 4 young black college students at a segregated restaurant. -
Freedom Riders
Bus trips through the south with black and white protesters(many of them young- high school, college age). Faced extreme violence in the south. -
Albany Movement
SNCC and local activists performed an non violent protest. Many African Americans were arrested. -
Birmingham Campaign
Marches, boycotts, and sit ins. Many children were attacked, and some changes in city/local discrimination laws. -
March on Washington
National civil rights rally about jobs and freedom, but it made more than just that and famous speech " i have a dream." -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
the act ended racial segregation in public places, and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The act banned literacy tests, and poll taxes. -
1965 March from Selma to Montgomery
Dr. King and others marched in a voter registration drive. Were met with major violence by police and local officials. -
1965 Watts Riots
One of the biggest riots in LA. raged for six days and resulted in more than forty million dollars worth of property damage, was both the largest and costliest urban rebellion of the Civil Rights era. -
Black Panther Party
Started by black working class students. It was first about self defense and protecting black neighborhoods. Soon became more militant and more of a organization. -
1968 Olympics
Black athletes during this time were very inspiring to the black culture and to black communities.