Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
which lead to her being arrested.
Martin Luther king saw this and took action by
telling all the black people to not use the buses
they used car pools and walked most of the time.
The buses were losing too much money which meant they had to stop
the segregation on the buses
Black Power
lead by Malcom x
There aims were to use force to solve equailtiy
Brown vs Topeka
A Pupil called Linda Brown needed to walk miles to get to a school
for blacks because the white school, which was
right next to her house, would not let her in.
Brown went to the NAACP for help and they took them to
court which then lead to all segregation of schools illegal.
However many southern schools ignored this and segregation
continued to happen.
Freedom Riders
A bus ride from the north to the south
which contained both whites and blacks to
promote equality.
But the ride was attacked several times in
the south and did not reach its destination
due to the bus being set on fire.
This was shown all over america and the
world which therefore equality became
more popular.
Little Rock High School
It tested the de-segregation in schools
Nine black children tried to
enter the school but got
stopped by state troops.
The President forced them to retreat however this caused a
violent mob to happen around the school therefore the
president sent 200 troops to protect the students for a year.
This showed there was great support for the
civil rights campaign and the president was
willing to get involved.
Sit-ins
Way of peaceful protest
Caused violence and this was caught on the media and
television which was then shown all over america and the
world. This created support for the civil rights campaign.
Birmingham March
One of the most racist towns in america, closed all of
its parks,swimming pools and other areas to avoid
de-segregation.
A peace march was set up to stop this which contained sit-ins and
other peaceful protests, but chief of police Bull Connor organised
attacks and ordered police dogs and fire hoses to stop them.
This was shown through the media and the president had to get
involved to stop this, this also lead to the the civil rights bill.
Washington Peace March
A massive peace march lead by
MLK containing 250,000 people
including 60,000 white people
This is were MLK told his "I have a
dream speech"
The Voting Rights Act
This was an act which meant that segregation was
illegal for the voting system.
However because of lack of education meant that most black
people failed there maths and english tests which was a
requirement before the voting.