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Violence and the Civil Rights Movement

  • Emmett Till murder case

    Emmett Till murder case
    Emmett Till dies from a bet by his friend. He had to say "bye baby" so she took it the wrong way and had him killed.
  • President Esienhower and little Rock

    President Esienhower and little Rock
    That President Esienhower sent out a large number of Troops to Little rock to stop the maddness of desegregation
  • Death of Mack Charles parker

    Death of Mack Charles parker
    Mack was free from jail and the he was later on lynched in Popularville, MS
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Freedom Riders bus was attacked when they where trying to fight bus desegregation
  • One-Man kept on Marching

    One-Man kept on Marching
    William Lewis Moore was a one-man march he marched because he was aganist segregation.
  • Birmingham Attack

    Birmingham Attack
    The pollice attacked little children for marching they attacked with high pressuered water hoses and dogs
  • Medgar Evers Death

    Medgar Evers Death
    Medgar Evers the civil rights leader was assassinated because of the good he was bringing blacks.
  • 16th street bombing

    16th street bombing
    Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair these four girls died in the 16th street bombing
  • Slain by Klan

    Slain by Klan
    Three Civil rights worker James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Micheal Schwemer were taken by the KKK and later on killed by the KKK because what they werer doing for the blacks.
  • Civil Rights Marcher Jimmie Lee Jackson

    Civil Rights Marcher Jimmie Lee Jackson
    Civil right marcher Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by state troopers because they were marching for segregation and they wouldnt stop so they thought that was the only way.
  • The DEATH of MLK

    The DEATH of MLK
    Marthin Luther King was assassinated because he had a DREAM that he would help free the blacks of segregation.