Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Honors Sophomore Social Studies

Civil Rights MovementTimeline

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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.

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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.

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http://brownvboard.org/summary

http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html

http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm

Emmitt Till MurderedEmmitt 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.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till

http://www.emmetttillmurder.com/favicon.ico

Rosa Parks ArrestedRosa 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.

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http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa

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

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http://www.africanaonline.com/montgomery.htm

http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/frontpage.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/02_bus.html

Little Rock 9After 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.

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http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/little_rock_nine.htm

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=723

http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/TRAVEL/CIVILRIGHTS/ak1.htm

Greensboro Sit-inFour 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.

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http://www.sitins.com/

http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/299/entry

http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html

March on WashingtonMartin 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.

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http://www.core-online.org/favicon.ico

http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/march-washington-jobs-and-freedom-august-28-1963

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_march_on_washington_for_jobs_and_freedom

Civil Rights Act PassedJohn 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.

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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivil64.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1964_civil_rights_act.htm

Bloody SundayThis 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.

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http://www2.smcvt.edu/library/services/archives/SSEandsisters4.htm

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm

Freedom RidesMembers 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.

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http://www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfreedomR.htm

http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/freedom-rides-1961

Birmingham CampaignThis 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.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_birmingham_campaign

Freedom SummerCampaign to get African

Americans to register to vote. Many participants were northern college students traveling to the South.

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http://www.africanaonline.com/civil_rights_summer.htm

http://www.newseum.org/mississippi

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