Civil Rights Movement
Brown VS Board of Education
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.
Greensboro Sit in
The Greensboro Sit in was a very historical event to the Civil Rights Movement. Where 4 black mean protested and wouldn't move just for equal rights.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks would not give up her seat to a white man so then all black people got ban from riding the bus. That's what started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Different Restrooms
When there wasn't equal rights blacks and whites had to use different restrooms water fountains and everything until the equal rights was passed.
MLK Speech
Martin Luther King was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement because he got up in front of thousands of people and gave a speech on why they should have equal rights.
Protesting
Blacks went up and down the street protesting on why they should have equal rights they held signs and walked up and down roads day and night protesting.
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. In which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school.
Freedom Rides
were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court.
Major Points in Civil Rights Movement
- Brown vs Board of Education 1954- Supreme Court rules that school segregation unconstitutional over ruling Plessy VS Ferguson.
- Montgomery Bus Boycott- Blacks are boycotted from the Montgomery Bus for a year because Rosa Parks would not give up seat to White man.
- Little Rock Nine -group of Students in Little Rock in which the students were intially prevented from entering the racially segregated school.
- Sit in Campaigns- where students from across the country go in restaurants to protest all of this started in Greensboro, NC.
- 1964 Civil Rights Act- Lyndon B Johnson signs and act saying prohibits discrimination in public.
Why I decided to pick Civil Rights Movements
The reason I picked the Civil Rights Movement is because it change the world from back then to now. Back then you had to use different restrooms different water fountains and everything now we all get to use the same thing. Do i think we should have sign this act? Yes because they get to be one the world just like we did God made us equal and it should stay that way.