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Brown VS the board of education
Brown v. Board of Education is now acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions, unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and began the start of civil rights movement into a full revolution. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a boy that went to the south to visit his family. He went to a convenient store, and there was a white girl there, she accused Emmett of whistling at her, like he was hitting on her. Her husband later found him at his house, kidnapped him, brutally beat him, murdered him and then dumped his body in the river. On September 23, the all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour before issuing a verdict of “not guilty.” -
Rosa Parks Refuses
Rosa parks is an African American woman who would take the bus to get to work, but she was shy and did not really step out of line that much at all. One day she decided to sit in the front of the bus, where the whites are suppose to sit, and refuse to move once told by the bus driver. Rosa Parks was then arrested that day and she does not regret anything she did, she stood for her rights and she was proud. -
Little Rock Nine
The court had mandated that all public schools in the country be integrated. On September 4, the first day of classes at Central High, Governor Faubus called in the state National Guard to bar the black students’ entry into the school. Later in the month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the “Little Rock Nine” into the school, and they started their first full day of classes on September 25. -
The SCLC
They issued a document declaring that civil rights are essential to democracy, that segregation must end, and that all Black people should reject segregation absolutely and nonviolently. The organization shortened its name to Southern Leadership Conference, established an Executive Board of Directors, and elected officers. Basic decisions made by the founders at these early meeting included the adoption of nonviolent mass action. -
The Greensboro sit in
a non-violent protest by young African-American students at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch in Greensboro, North Carolina, sparked a sit-in movement that soon spread to college towns throughout the region. Many of the protesters were arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace, their actions made an immediate and lasting impact, forcing Woolworth’s and other establishments to change their segregationist policies. -
civil rights act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress and was then signed into law by Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. In subsequent years, Congress expanded the act and also passed additional legislation aimed at bringing equality to African Americans. -
Bloody Sunday
Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday, March 7, and, led by John Lewis and other activists, crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River to Montgomery. They found their way blocked by Alabama State troopers and local police who ordered them to turn around. When the protesters refused, the officers shot teargas and waded into the crowd, beating the nonviolent protesters with billy clubs and in turn hospitalizing over fifty people. -
voting act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The act significantly widened the franchise and is considered among the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. -
Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965, established requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. It stops federal contractors and federally assisted construction contractors, who do over $10,000 in Government business in one year from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
