Civil Rights Timeline Activity

By Caden B.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    1. Plessy v. Ferguson. 2. Oliver Brown child was denied access.
    2. Supreme Court outlaws segregation in schools

  • Lamar Smith murdered for organizing black voters

    Lamar Smith murdered for organizing black voters
    In Brookhaven, Mississippi, Lamar Smith who was a black farmer, and a veteran of World War 1, also and organizer of black voters, was shot to death around 10 am on the lawn of the Lincoln county courthouse

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    1. Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. 2. She was arrested and tried for refusing to give up her seat, This spawned the Montgomery bus boycott to begin.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957
    1. Dwight D. Eisenhower 2 It created the civil rights branch in the justice department, gave government officials the power to prosecute individuals that conspired to deny the right to vote, and created a six person U.S, civil rights committee to investigate voting infringement.

  • Little Rock Arkansas

    Little Rock Arkansas
    1. The governor sent the Arkansas national guard to prevent 9 African American children from attending Central High in Little Rock. 2. The government sent troops to protect the students from the angry white mob that gathered after the governor removed his troops.

  • Mack Charles Parker taken from jail and lynched

    Mack Charles Parker taken from jail and lynched
    In Poplarville, Mississippi, Mack Charles Parker was accused of raping a pregnant white woman. Three days before the trial was supposed to be held he was kidnapped from jail by a mob, beaten, shot, and lynched.

  • Attack of the Freedom Riders

    Attack of the Freedom Riders
    1. They rode on public transportation in the south following the laws but refusing to move for tradition. 2. Core. 3. Whites and African Americans both joined in.

  • James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss

    James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
    1. His way was blocked by the governor and a mob of angry whites. 2. He got multiple court orders allowing him to enroll and the governor turned him away every time until the government sent hundreds of marshals to enforce his enrollment.

  • William Lewis Moore slain during one man march against segragation

    William Lewis Moore slain during one man march against segragation
    In Attalla, Alabama, William Lewis Moore who was a postal worker and a core member. Staged one man marches against segregation was assassinated.

  • Medgar Evers Assassinated

    Medgar Evers Assassinated
    1. Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights leader. 2. After he was killed on his driveway a funeral was held in Jackson. President John F. Kennedy and many other leaders publicly condemned the killing. He was put on trial and the all white jury failed to find a verdict as did the second. Two years later They reopened the case with a mixed jury and Bryon was found guilty.

  • The March on Washignton

    The March on Washignton
    1. The shed light and the Civil Rights movement and get rights and jobs for African Americans. 2. "I Have A Dream"

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    1.President Lyndon Johnson 2. It forbade discrimination of sex or race when hiring, promoting, or firing.

  • Jimmie Lee Jackson civil rights marcher killed by state trooper

    Jimmie Lee Jackson civil rights marcher killed by state trooper
    In Marion, Alabama, Jimmie Lee Jackson was peacefully protesting for voting rights when he was beaten and shot by state troopers. Sent to the hospital he died 8 days later.

  • March to Selma

    March to Selma
    1. To focus the effort to register black voters. 2. The marchers met oppositions from both local areas and the state along the way. 3. The finally made it and registered under the protection of the national guard.

  • Oneal Moore killed by Nightriders

    Oneal Moore killed by Nightriders
    In Varnado, Louisiana black deputy Oneal Moore was shot and killed when he and his partner were on patrol. A pickup truck pulled along side the patrol car when the trunk of the truck opened fire killing Oneal Moore and wounding his partner.

  • Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice

    Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice
    1. A Civil Rights Activist. 2. It Showed the African American people that they were really making a difference. That even one of them in this racist time could become a Supreme Court Justice.

  • The Assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King

    The Assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King
    1. He was shot on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee while supporting a worker's sanitation strike. 2. MLK jr.'s death had such a big impact on whites and African Americans because of his causes that he fought for, the type of person that he was, his motivational speeches, and the way in which he handled things. He was so important to people that his death caused riots in many major cities.