Lester's civil rights timeline

By lesterboy14

  • Brown v. Board of Education Ruling

    Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
    • The education program spread to Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C
    • Tried and stop school segregation
    • Thurgood Marshall fought for the case and came up with great evidence, it was called "The Doll Test"

  • Dodger's HIRE Jackie Robinson

    Dodger's HIRE Jackie Robinson
    • color line: a barrier that separates whites from nonwhites
    • Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers - break the color line
    • Robinson took the field in 1947

  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    • Segregation - grouping people by race/belief
    • President Truman signs this Executive Order - and the military were effected
    • Executive Order 9981 ends armed formed segregation

  • CORE founded

    CORE founded
    • The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in Chicago in 1942
    • They were committed to be non violent in their quest to make a change
    • Went on to change segregation in the North than went down south in the 1950's

  • The Birmingham Camaign

    The Birmingham Camaign
    • Arrested black protester for marching without a permit
    • King wrights a response from a negative comment on the news paper and tells the people that there is just and unjust
    • They tried to negotiate with the white people in Birmingham

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • A quarter of a million people including whites, union members, clergy, students, entertainers, and celebrities such as Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson.
    • The Civil Rights bill took awhile to pass through congress
    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned all discrimination from race, sex, and other characteristics

  • First Lunch Counter Sit-in

    First Lunch Counter Sit-in
    • 4 black people went in a drugstore the waitress wouldn't serve them so they stayed there until the store closed
    • After that the kept growing from 4 to 20 and etc.
    • On July 25, 1960 the first black costumer ate there

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    • Freedom Riders wanted to test if people were following the new law for them
    • A white mob crowded around the bus burning it and attacked them
    • Kennedy sent court marshals to secure peace and safe passage

  • Integration of Central High School

    Integration of Central High School
    • In Little Rock public schools segregation had to go down so they was desegregation
    • Nine black teens were able to go to a High school, later these students were called the little rock nine
    • A lot of people were against this but some of many few that were out there helped them to achieve what they wanted

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    • A quarter of a million people marched at Washington to try and motivate people to stand against segregation
    • The march began in 1941
    • President Roosevelt called it a call for unity in the war effort

  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott
    • The Boycott started in 1955 and ended in 1956
    • Rosa parks a women who stood against bus segregation sparked the Black community to stand against these problems
    • at the end 90% of the African Americans stood with the boycott and ended up shutting down the bus station

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
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  • Black Panther Party Founded

    Black Panther Party Founded
    • The Black Panther Party would do many things for the African American society they cater free breakfast for children and medical assistance for all
    • Because they were armed and would stand up against the police so they were deemed dangerous
    • So the FBI mostly raided panther offices and homes

  • Advocates for Black Nationalism

    Advocates for Black Nationalism
    • Malcolm was the leader of Nation of Islam and was the best preacher that the society had
    • "Malcolm X" was taught from Elijah Muhammad in prison
    • He wanted the black society to fight back with violence

  • Regents of the University of California vs Bakke

    Regents of the University of California vs Bakke
    • minorities had preferential treatment over white students who were equally qualified or more qualified
    • This case got all the way up to the supreme court
    • Minorities had more benefits then whites in the college

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968
    • Congress finally took action after King's assassination and created the Civil Rights Act of 1968
    • Before King's assassination he and the black community joined with realtors and bankers to encourage open housing in Chicago
    • Also Before King's death he shifted his focus to economic equality, such as houses, marketing, and etc.

  • Swann vs Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    Swann vs Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
    • The government wanted to desegregate schools but only 1.2% of black children went to school in the south
    • Took them an extra three years to stop segregation in schools
    • The proportion in south schools with minorities was risen to 32%

  • Watts Riot

    Watts Riot
    • This riot was about poverty, prejudice and police mistreatment
    • L.A. exploded with violence
    • started in the summer of 1965