Civil Rights Movement Milestones

Civil Rights Movement

 Civil Rights Movement Fifty years ago this month, a group of activists called the Freedom Riders rode buses through the South to try to thwart segregation, but they faced violent consequences. 178 former Freedom Riders on Oprah Winfrey Show Here’s a look at those riders and at other pivotal moments in the civil rights movement.

 Brown v. Board of Education
In 1954, the united states supreme court declared segregated public schools unconstitutional. Which "separate but equal" ruling did it overturn? Plessy v. Ferguson

 Montgomery Bus Boycott
In December 1955, African-American residents of Montgomery Alabama city protested the segregated public bus system. Rosa Parks arrested December 1, 1955 A slain teen's legacy inspired that event.Emmett Till and I couldn't go back."

 Little Rock Nine
In 1957, nine African-American students enrolled in a previously segregated Arkansas high school Little Rock Central High School  now a landmark, but they were blocked from entering on their first day Little Rock Nine stopped by Arkansas National Guard. Which politician opposed the school’s desegregation? Governor Orval Faubus + Little Rock Nine

 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins
On Feb. 1, 1960, four African-American college students (enrolled North Carolina A&T) sat down at a retailer’s lunch counter Greensboro, North Carolina in silent protest of segregated dining policies. The protest grew to include more students and other cities and stores. Were the sit-ins effective? +F.W. Woolworth lunch counter desegregated + July 1960

 Freedom Riders
Starting in May 1961, civil rights activists began riding interstate buses throughout the South to expose discrimination that existed on buses despite a court ruling in favor of desegregation Boynton v. Virginia. The riders faced brutal opposition — where was the first major attack? Freedom Riders stopped in Anniston, Alabama

 March on Washington
On Aug. 28, 1963, civil rights groups staged a peaceful march that culminated at a D.C. landmark Lincoln Memorial  the demonstration’s full title March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. There, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed thousands on behalf of his organization Southern Christian Leadership Conference and delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech.

 Freedom Summer
In June 1964, Northern volunteers Freedom Summer + mostly white volunteers attempted a voter registration drive in Mississippi. +1964 + Southern states prevent blacks from voting The Ku Klux Klan and local authorities staged repeated attacks. Three of the volunteers disappeared — what was their fate? Freedom Summer murders + James Chaney + Andrew Goodman + Michael Schwerner

 Civil Rights Act of 1964
This bill outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex — including segregation in schools and public facilities. What was the response in the Senate? 57 day Senate filibuster + Civil Rights Act of 1964 Who signed the bill into law? Civil Rights Act of 1964 + Lyndon Johnson

 Selma March of 1965
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights demonstrators in Selma alabama., started a march to Montgomery to protest unfair voting practices, as well as the death of an unarmed local man. +Jimmie Lee Jackson + Selma, Alabama. they meet 1965 Selma marchers + attack by state and local police. What was that day called? "Bloody Sunday" 1965

 Voting Rights Act of 1965
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed this act into law, outlawing discriminatory voting practices. What were some of those practices? Voting Rights Act + poll taxes and literacy tests. Which amendment did the act enforce? Voting Rights Act of 1965 + enforces the 15th amendment to the Constitution