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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black leaders formed the Montgomery Improvement Association to run the boycott and to end segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. became leader. November 1956, Supreme ruled The Alabama law allowing segreation on the bus unconstitutional. -
The Little Rock 9
School Board in Little Rock, Arkansas won a court order to have 9 black students attend the High School.The Govenor Faubus ordered the national guard of Arkansas to stop them. Govenor left the 9 to the mob. Eisenhower sent the Army to protect them. The 9 walked in and registered into the school. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Eisenhower wanted everyone to have the right to vote without being intimidated to not do so. Passed the bill hoping that congress would pass it. Problem was that most of them were Southern Democratic. Lyndon Johnson was able to get it passed. Investigations would also be sent out to to see if blacks were being forced to not vote. -
The Sit-In Movement
4 college students would sit in at the Woolworth White only lunch in counter. They would not leave until they were served. Everyday, the same thing would happen until they got served. Across the whole country many black college students would fight segregation with nonviolence through sit ins. Sadly, white people would harm them. -
Freedom Riders
James Farmer would ask both black and white people to volunteer to ride together throughout the country on the same bus. They were known as the freedom riders. Many violence came their way by mobs slashing their tires and throwing firebombs into the bus. Luckily no one was killed. It hit the news and shocked many americans. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
Meredith wanted to tranfer to the University of Mississippi. Barnett, the Govenor of Mississippi blocked his registration. He denied the law to desegregate education. 500 federal Marshals were sent to escort Meedith. A mob attacked the troops. Few thousand troops sent to guard James for the summer. He graduated in August. -
The March on Washington
King helped Kennedy pass the Civil Rights bill through congress by having a march in Washington DC. 200,000 people of different races came along to support. This was when King spoke his speech of peacefullness and freedom. -
Protests in Birmingham
King not satisfied with Kennedy not making a Civil Rights Movement. Figured to start the act, he had to begin a protest in Birmingham, knowing that violence would occur. King sent to jail. When he got out, the protest grew bigger. Connor sent forces with clubs to attack them. Shocked many americans. Kennedy passed a Civil RIghts Bill. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President was able to easily pass the Civil Rights Bill of 1964. Majority congress voted to pass the bill. This bill gave the government more power to stop discrimination. It also helped prevent discrimination in many areas. All races and nationalities had to be treated equally. EEOC was an agency to ban on job discrimination. -
The Selma March
King Prostested in Selma for only 3% blacks were able to register for voting. Sherrif Clark armed many white citizens to attack the march. Many protestors were hurt. The state troopers came to help attack the blacks. The event was a huge story on the news. It got Johnson so furious that he later passed a new voting bill. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Was passed by the House of Representatives by big margin. It authorized the District Attorney to send federal examiners to register qualified voters. Bypassing local officals that refused to give the black people the right to vote. 250,000 Africans registered to vote. many African americans became elected officials as time passed. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
King was at the balcony of a hotel in Memphis. He later got shot by a sniper. Ironically, it seemed that he knew that he would die soon. Many people mourned his death. On the wake of King, Congess passed the Voting Rights Act. After his death, the movement died down, but helped blacks pursue a safe and strong future.
