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Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Civil Rights Movement Timeline. Honors Sophomore Social Studies. Directions. Events. Directions.

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Civil Rights Movement Timeline

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  1. Civil Rights MovementTimeline Honors Sophomore Social Studies Directions Events

  2. Directions • Follow the links under events. Once to an event page click on one or more of the links provided under the picture to retrieve more information on that event. The most important piece of information for you to retrieve is the date when it occurred. After retrieving this information, you will be constructing a timeline following a detailed rubric handed out to you during class. Please be a precise as possible with your dates and take notes on interesting fact you find on each event. Home Events

  3. Events Directions Home

  4. Brown v. Board of Education Decision • Linda Brown’s father tried to enroll her in a white school only three blocks from her house. He was denied because they were African American. Linda’s dad received help from the NAACP and took their case to the Supreme Court. • Link 1 • Link 2 • Link 3 Directions Home Events

  5. Emmitt Till Murdered • Emmitt Till was an African American boy who grew up in Chicago. He went to Mississippi to visit relatives. While there he was kidnapped and murdered. His kidnappers were later acquitted of the charges. • Link 1 • Link 2 Directions Home Events

  6. Rosa Parks Arrested • Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP. One day she was riding the public transit bus and was asked to give up her seat because the bus was out of white seats. The law at the time was that she was to give up her seat. She refused and threatened to be arrested still refused. • Link 1 • Link 2 Directions Home Events

  7. Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins • In response to Rosa Parks arrest, the local NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr. organized African Americans to refuse to ride city public transportation until the law was no more. • Link 1 • Link 2 • Link 3 Directions Home Events

  8. Little Rock 9 • After the Brown v. Board of Education was ruled on, 9 black students were stopped by the Arkansas National Guard, from entering school. In response, President Eisenhower sent the army to Arkansas to help escort these students to class. • Link 1 • Link 2 • Link 3 Directions Home Events

  9. Greensboro Sit-in • Four men decided to go into the Woolworth lunch counter. They were refused service but remained there until they would receive it. The protest grew as word got out around the town and university. • Link 1 • Link 2 • Link 3 Directions Home Events

  10. March on Washington • Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders led a march through Washington D.C. where they then had a rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial. This was the sight of MLK Jr.’ s famous “ I Have a Dream” speech. • Link 1 • Link 2 • Link 3 Directions Home Events

  11. Civil Rights Act Passed • John F. Kennedy promised in his 1960 presidential campaign a new Civil Rights Act. However, it was not until June 1963 that Kennedy presented the bill to congress. Kennedy was soon assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson finished the work started by JFK. • Link 1 • Link 2 Directions Home Events

  12. Bloody Sunday • This was a brutal attack by police forces on protestors marking from Selma to Montgomery. They were attacked with things such as clubs and tear gas. Soon after the march was attempted again. • Link 1 • Link 2 Directions Home Events

  13. Freedom Rides • Members of CORE wanted to challenge the new ruling on desegregating public transportation. To this they boarded a bus and headed down South. They encountered hostility such as being beaten and the bus was burned. • Link 1 • Link 2 • Link 3 Directions Home Events

  14. Birmingham Campaign • This was an organized protest by the SCLC. It started with a boycott and then led into sit-ins and marches. When the campaign ran low on protestors, children were trained. The police then used high-powered hoses and dogs on the bystanders which was highly covered by the media. • Link 1 • Link 2 Directions Home Events

  15. Freedom Summer • Campaign to get African Americans to register to vote. Many participants were northern college students traveling to the South. • Link 1 • Link 2 Directions Home Events

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