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Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
In Little Rock,Arkansas 9 African American students decided to go to high school. They were forcing themselves to integrate, many whites did not agree with this idea. They rioted and protested. Shouted threats at the 9 students who were later on called the Little Rock Nine. The president had to send in troops tom let the students in. He did so because he himself did not agree with racism. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The court case that allowed separate but equal facilities was the Plessy v. Ferguson. In Topeka Kansas some colored children were not allowed into a school. The result was that schools were to be desegregated. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks sat on the bus one day. Then a white man decided to board. The seats were full which meant she had to get up because she was colored. Rosa Parks refused to stand up and eventually had to be taken to jail. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into place. This was the first time since reconstruction that the government has had to step into civil rights. A six-person commission that looked into voting infringement. -
Attack of the Freedom Riders
On this day. KKK members intercepted a bus of freedom riders, blew up, killed, and burned the bus and its riders. Freedom riders rode interstate buses into segregated southern states because technically they weren't doing anything wrong. It was mostly just blacks because whites had the same rights. -
Civil Rights Groups
On this day many Civil Rights groups met up and joined forces. These particular groups launched a voter registration drive. They eventually got equal voting rights. -
James Meridith enrolls at Ole Miss
When James Meridith emrolled at Ole Miss she was faced with riots from many whites. Some shouted death threats at her as she entered. The government had to send in patrol officers to ensure her safety. -
Medgar Evers assasinated
Medgar Evers wa.s a civil rights activist. He was assassinated by a member of the white citizens council for his success. -
The March on Washington
On this day, thousands of people joined the march on washington. This was done for freedom and equal rights. During this famous march, the world famous i have a dream speech was given by Martin Luther King Junior. This speech gave hope and changed the opinion of hundreds. -
Church Bombing
A tragedy happened on this day. Schoolgirls were killed in a bombing. In Birmingham,Alabama the sixteenth Baptist church was bombed in a white protest. -
Murder witnessed
A man was murdured. Louis Allen was a witness to the murder of a civil rights worker. This happened in Liberty,Mississippi. -
March to Selma
On this day, Martin Luther King jr. wanted to hold a march from Selma,Alabama to the capital of Montgomery. On the way to Montgomery, the protesters were faced with great resistance from both state and local authorities. In the end, MLK completed the march and it greatly raised awareness of southern African American voting rights. -
Benjamin Brown is Killed
This civil rights worker by the name of Benjamin Brown was killed when police took unadvised fire on protesters in Jackson,Mississippi. -
School Students are Killed
On this day 3 schoolchildren were killed. These kids, Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith, were killed on campus when highway patrolmen fired upon protesters in Orangeburg,South Carolina. -
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
On this date, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on his balcony in his home in Memphis,Tennessee. African Americans were outraged by this assassination, he had been the leader to their civil rights movement. The nation went into a mourning state. Many whites believed in equal rights and mourned with the blacks. After the assassination the Equal Housing bill was approved. -
Civil Rights Act pf 1964
This civil rights act 100% outlawed segregation by race,sex,color , and others. Many people agree with this law while many disagreed. -
Thurgood Marshall First Black Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall served as the first black supreme court justice. This was a huge battle between the president and the U.S. This was monumental because he was the first black man to ever take part in the court. Before becoming this he was a lawyer.