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Plessy V. Ferguson - Who Fought For It?
Little Rock Nine was a famous event in which nine students attended an all white school. They fought for their rights and protested by not going to their school. Also, president Eisenhower helped and supported them by sending in troops to protect the children when entering into the school from physical abuse. The student non-violent coordinating committee also participated. -
Plessy V. Ferguson - Results
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This changed and overruled the previous court case of Plessy V. Ferguson, and is the reason why we have equal schools and can go to the same schools no matter the race. -
Plessy V. Ferguson - Tactics + Events
A really effective tactic used were sitins and protests where students would not attend the school and protest their rights. Ferguson participated in a freedom ride which got him arrested in the first place. -
Bus Boycott
With the time of the Bus Boycotts happening in Montgomery an African American group named the Montgomery Improvemnet Association elected preacher Martin Luther King Jr as president of the organization in order to continue to boycott until the city met their needs. -
Bus Boycott
The National Association for Advancement of colored people pushed for equal rights and facilities for African Americans. When bus boycotts happened the pushed for African Americans to continue to boycott. -
Bus Boycotts
On December 1, Rosa Parks an African American women was not willing to give up her seat to a white man due to the fact that she was sitting in the right seat. Parks was arrested and taken to jail, and on the day of her hearing was the day in which Boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama took place. African Americans stop riding the bus and instead rode their bikes or walked to where they needed to go. This lasted for about 381 days. -
Sit-Ins
One of the first Sit-ins took place in Greensboro, North Carolina. There was a group of African American college students who went into a all white restaurant and sat at the counter in order to be served. The waiters refused to serve them and insured that they leave immediately and never com back, but when the students refused they were brutally beaten or verbally slander by other whit customers. With this being one of the first Sit-ins other students in several different states started to do it -
Student Nonviolent Coordinate Commision
With the start of the Sit-ins there became a group of African Americans college students and young adults who came together to participate in the Civil Rghts Movement. They used a non-violent approach in order to try and get their message across in a positive and affective way. -
Freedom Rides
A group of both African Americans and white Civil Rights activist launched the Freedom Rides where they would ride a series of buses through the south to protest against segregation on buses. They try to go to white-only facilities and when they did they were brutally beaten by white mobs. The interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in transit terminals. -
Bailey v. Patterson
A group of African Americans went to court to try and put a stop to segregation in terminals, and any type of public transportation. The ruling was decided over by three circuit court judges, prohibited the segregation of interstate transportation because it violated the 14th amendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This Act was proposed by President John F. Kennedy, but later signed into law by Kennedys successor, Lyndon B. Johnson because Kennedy was assassinated -
Heart of Atlanta Motel V. U.S.
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade racial discrimination by places of public accommodation if their operations affected commerce. The Heart of Atlanta Motel in Atlanta, Georgia, refused to accept Black Americans and was charged with violating Title II. -
Interracial Marriage
Loving V. Virginia
A black women, and white men got married in D.C. came back home to Virgina and was found guilty in for violating Virginia's antimiscegenation statute. Later sentenced to a year in jail but the trial judge agreed to get rid of the sentence, if the couple would leave Virginia for 25 years. Case went to the Supreme Court, and the court found the law unconstitutional, and it violated the fourteen amendment. Virginia law was removed. -
Housing and Unemployment Discrimination
Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, led the March on Washington, a political rally for jobs and freedom. Once news of Martin's assassination sweeper the county, race riots was everywhere.
A week after Martin's assassination President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act, prohibits discrimination within sale, rental and financing due to gender, age, religion, and skin color. -
Housing and Employment Discrimination
NAACP is an organization to fight against discrimination for the blacks to give black equal rights. Their main campaign back in 1950s were the campaign against housing and employment discriminations. -
Housing and Employment Discrimination
NAACP is an organization to fight against discrimination for the blacks to give black equal rights. Their main campaign back in 1950s were the campaign against housing and employment discriminations. -
15th Amendment
Even with the 15th amendment in the constitution, saying that everyone, no matter the race, has the right to vote. Different states, especially in the south created laws specifically targeting African Americans from voting in their state. Information: People Involved: African Americans, Caucasians, Government Workers, President Johnson -
Housing and Employment Discrimination
Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, led the March on Washington, a political rally for jobs and freedom. Once news of Martin's assassination sweeper the county, race riots was everywhere.
A week after Martin's assassination President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act, prohibits discrimination within sale, rental and financing due to gender, age, religion, and skin color.
