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Plessy v. Ferguson
"Separate but equal." The supreme court ruled that it was okay to segregate as long as they had equal things. Most of them were equal but were condescending and irritating trying to get the African Americans to look like the bad guys. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html -
Brown v. Board Of Education
Brown took the board of education to the supreme court because they didn't allow her to go to a white school that was closer to her house than the segregated school she was made to go to. http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered at a young age that caused an uproar in African American communities. Moses Newson and Simeon Booker were the reporters covering the murder a few months after the death occurred. https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/murder-of-emmett-till/ -
Rosa Parks & The Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery and was arrested for it. Her being detained caused for people to boycott buses and fight back, non-violently. http://www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference & Martin Luther King Jr.
Is a non-violent organization that was founded by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. The reason this was created was because of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_southern_christian_leadership_conference_sclc/ -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
Central High School refused to desegregate when an African American girl wanted to enroll. So the governor set up the national guard around the high school so she had no way in. President Eisenhower threatened to send in the federal guard which forced the governor to surrender. https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ak1.htm -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Four college students went to a diner and protested non-violently, but even if they just sat there, they weren't served, they were pushed down and harassed. These student were seen as the bad guys and were arrested for sitting in the wrong place and disturbing the peace. https://www.sitinmovement.org/history/greensboro-chronology.asp -
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee & Freedom Summer
This was a civil rights movement and included many white students from colleges in the north. Many students went to these students to train to help the cause. http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_freedom_summer_1964/ -
Freedom Riders
This followed the non-violent protest, a little after the Bus Boycott. These Freedom Riders were created by the Congress of Racial Equality and it was supported by interracial students. They offered "Freedom Rides" where a group of interracial students, or people could ride the bus around to get where they needed to go. But this caused a violent effect, many white racists went against it and burned a bus while it had people in there. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedom-rides-1961 -
March On Washington
This was a civil rights movement that was led by Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. where he gave his most famous speech, I Have A Dream. This led closer to having a civil rights act passed. It was a march all around Washington with interracial people fighting for the same cause. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=96 -
Voting Rights Act
This act enforced the fifteenth amendment that had been ratified 95 years before. President Johnson signed it, then later signed it into a law so no state could ignore it. This gave power to people of power to vote without intimidation, harassment, or risking their lives. https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100 -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City, New York. He was shot at a conference, he had just taken the stage to speak but never got to upon hearing the bullets. https://www.democracynow.org/2015/2/20/malcolm_x_remembered_50_years_after -
Civil Rights Act
This act was signed into law by President Johnson. This forbade discrimination in public places, and enforced the integration of schools. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=97 -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
King was shot dead while standing on his balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared that there will be a national day where King will be remembered. http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_kings_assassination_4_april_1968/
