Chicago's Museum of the Fight for Civil Rights
Brown vs Board
Bus Boycott
Freedom Riders
Brown vs. Board of Education
In 1954, the NAACP tried to sue the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas for violating the "separate but equal clause" in schools. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation is illegal in schools. This led to the NAACP to try to integrate other common parts of life. Also the ruling of "must integrate with deliberate speed.
Newspaper on the Brown vs Board ruling and how the people reacted to the case.
The NAACP's reaction to the ruling.
How black schools before the Brown vs Board ruling.
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat, in a city bus, to a white women. The NAACP and black families did a year-long protest, which would help integrate city buses and lead to other forms of civil disobedience (ex. Freedom Rides)
Rosa Parks getting arrested after refusing her seat (started the boycott).
Rosa Parks sitting in the white section of the bus.
Black people walking to work during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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The Freedom Riders
In 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode an interstate bus from integrated Maryland to segregated Mississippi. The Freedom Riders would be attacked twice on the ride by the KKK, but the point still got across. A law was passed that integrated interstate buses in the South.
The path the Freedom Riders took from integrated Maryland to segregated Mississippi.
All the people who were arrested during the freedom riders. (Both white and black people)
The bus after the two attacks by the KKK.
Back to Overview
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Chicago's Museum of the Fight for Civil Rights
Brown vs Board
Bus Boycott
Freedom Riders
Brown vs. Board of Education
In 1954, the NAACP tried to sue the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas for violating the "separate but equal clause" in schools. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation is illegal in schools. This led to the NAACP to try to integrate other common parts of life. Also the ruling of "must integrate with deliberate speed.
Newspaper on the Brown vs Board ruling and how the people reacted to the case.
The NAACP's reaction to the ruling.
How black schools before the Brown vs Board ruling.
Back to Overview
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat, in a city bus, to a white women. The NAACP and black families did a year-long protest, which would help integrate city buses and lead to other forms of civil disobedience (ex. Freedom Rides)
Rosa Parks getting arrested after refusing her seat (started the boycott).
Rosa Parks sitting in the white section of the bus.
Black people walking to work during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Back to Overview
The Freedom Riders
In 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode an interstate bus from integrated Maryland to segregated Mississippi. The Freedom Riders would be attacked twice on the ride by the KKK, but the point still got across. A law was passed that integrated interstate buses in the South.
The path the Freedom Riders took from integrated Maryland to segregated Mississippi.
All the people who were arrested during the freedom riders. (Both white and black people)
The bus after the two attacks by the KKK.
Back to Overview