civil rights

  • brown vs. board of education

    brown vs. board of education
    concluded that separate but equal isn't necessarily equal mr. brown sued the state for not letting him send his African American daughter to the neighborhood white school instead of going to the further away black school many other cases like this one
  • montgomery bus boycott

    montgomery bus boycott
    Rosa parks refused to follow the rest in her row on the row and move from her seat in the eleventh row just so one white man could sit her arrest infuriated the black community and action was took to boycott the buses succeed in convincing the city to have its buses run on a first come firt serve bases and hire black bus drivers
  • Crisis in Little Rock

    Crisis in Little Rock
    the students attempt to enter but are blocked by a white mob and national guard
  • Sit in

    Sit in
    non violent protest to end segregation
    people occupied seats in public segregated astablishments
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    1/4 of a million people massed near Lincoln memorial I have a dream speech
  • Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing

    Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
    4 girls killed people realize they are not safe anywhere
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    civil rights act outlawed discimination agianst race, religion, nationality
  • Voting Rights Act signed

     Voting Rights Act signed
    the act saying that everyone who was oldenough to vote no matter their race could vote without having to pass a test
  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr Assassination