Untitled Flashcards Set

Brown v. Board of Education - 1954 - NAACP - Thurgood Marshall - against plessy v ferguson ruling - segregation in public schools is unconstitutional Montgomery Bus Boycott - 1955 to 1956 - MLK - MIA - demonstrates the power of nonviolent community action - contributed to the creation of SCLC - successful in desegregating buses Little Rock Nine - 1957 - nine african american students were sent to a school in arkansas - Accompanied by diana nash , NAACP - Met with violence and southern resistance - Governor did not allow students to enter - Violence recorded by media received international attention - President eisenhower had to interfere and send in troops Greensboro Sit-ins - 1960 - college students protested against segregated lunch counters - the movement spread soon over 1300 students were participating - lead to the formation of SNCC - grassroots movement freedom rides - 1961 - originally organised by core to see if interstate travel was segregated , and to protest against said segregation - in anniston alabama and birmingham alabama they were met with extreme violence such as firebombing - Half way through SNCC took over - kennedy administration banned segregation in interstate travel - example of forced federal interference and also cooperation between organisation Birmingham Campaign - 1963 - a series of nonviolent demonstrations such as sit ins , boycotts and marches - birmingham alabama - SCLC - Met with violence and police brutality - Mobilised children aka the children's crusade - the violence children faced received media attention - eventually secured the agreement to desegregate lunch counters , bust stations and drinking stations March on Washington - 1963 - march for meaningful civil rights legislation and minimum wage - cooperation of many organisations - NAACP, SCLC , CORE , SNCC - Malcolm X called the march a integrated picnic freedom summer - 1964 - CORE , SNCC - voter registration in Mississippi - Met with southern resistance - violence , burnings , murders - establishment of the MFDP - 1600 voters registered Civil rights act 1964; - banned discrimination in public accommodations, - prohibited discrimination in any federally assisted program, - - outlawed discrimination in most employment selma march - 1965 - Protest to register African American voters in the South - violence against protesters - SCLC