Civils Rights Movements
A part of history
1955-1956
1954
1957
1865
1896
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown v. Board of Education
Segregation (Plessy v. Ferguson).
The Little Rock Nine
13th Amendment
Civils Rights Movements
1964
August 1963
March 1965
1960
1961
March on Washington
Freedom Rides
Selma Marches
Civil Rights Act
Sit-in-Movement
Civils Rights Movements
August 1965
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
Voting Rights Act
Sources (URLs)
https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.Km0RMICyKPUran9yXu3-9wHaEK?pid=Api
https://cdn.britannica.com/90/3390-050-D62D761B/Rosa-Parks-bus-Montgomery-Alabama-1956.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-freedom-riders-movement-2834894
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezell_Blair_Jr.
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/u-s-history-812841ad-dc01-4edc-9fa4-f6ad351e736b
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement/From-Black-power-to-the-assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896
https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.84HvQCcW5DWHdGQFWzdO2QHaEK?pid=Api
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/assassination-martin-luther-king-jr
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/la20tolc3a9rance/images/a/af/Martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-i-have-a-dream-design-template-6cba895e48f41bbd3e32141ebd0c7133_screen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210402175431&path-prefix=fr
https://www.la-croix.com/Debats/Ce-jour-la/25-septembre-1957-rentree-neuf-etudiants-noirs-ecole-blancs-Little-Rock-2017-09-25-1200879430
https://history.house.gov/Records-and-Research/Listing/lfp_048/
17th May 1954 / 31st May 1955
The court says kids of all colors must go to school together.
Linda Brown
7th / 25th March 1965
People march for the right to vote
Amelia Boynton
1st December 1955
People stop using buses to protest unfair seats.
Rosa Parks
4th May 1961
People ride to the South to fight for equality.
John Robert Lewis
(the American civil‑rights activist)
6th August 1965
This law makes it easier for Black people to vote.
Martin Luther King Jr.
25th September 1957
Nine students go to an all-white school to study. For example one of the nines students :
Elizabeth Eckford
4th April 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated in Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr.
2nd July 1964
A new law stops discrimination in public places.
Lyndon B. Johnson
18th May 1896
A law says "separate but equal" is okay.
Homer Plessy
31 st December 1865
Slavery becomes illegal in the USA.
Abraham Lincoln
1st Febraury 1960
Students sit at a "white-only" lunch table to protest.
Ezra Blair Jr.
28th August 1963
African-American people march on Washington for equal rights.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Civils Rights Movements
A part of history
1955-1956
1954
1957
1865
1896
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown v. Board of Education
Segregation (Plessy v. Ferguson).
The Little Rock Nine
13th Amendment
Civils Rights Movements
1964
August 1963
March 1965
1960
1961
March on Washington
Freedom Rides
Selma Marches
Civil Rights Act
Sit-in-Movement
Civils Rights Movements
August 1965
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
Voting Rights Act
Sources (URLs)
https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.Km0RMICyKPUran9yXu3-9wHaEK?pid=Api
https://cdn.britannica.com/90/3390-050-D62D761B/Rosa-Parks-bus-Montgomery-Alabama-1956.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-freedom-riders-movement-2834894
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezell_Blair_Jr.
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/u-s-history-812841ad-dc01-4edc-9fa4-f6ad351e736b
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement/From-Black-power-to-the-assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896
https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.84HvQCcW5DWHdGQFWzdO2QHaEK?pid=Api
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/assassination-martin-luther-king-jr
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/la20tolc3a9rance/images/a/af/Martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-i-have-a-dream-design-template-6cba895e48f41bbd3e32141ebd0c7133_screen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210402175431&path-prefix=fr
https://www.la-croix.com/Debats/Ce-jour-la/25-septembre-1957-rentree-neuf-etudiants-noirs-ecole-blancs-Little-Rock-2017-09-25-1200879430
https://history.house.gov/Records-and-Research/Listing/lfp_048/
17th May 1954 / 31st May 1955
The court says kids of all colors must go to school together.
Linda Brown
7th / 25th March 1965
People march for the right to vote
Amelia Boynton
1st December 1955
People stop using buses to protest unfair seats.
Rosa Parks
4th May 1961
People ride to the South to fight for equality.
John Robert Lewis
(the American civil‑rights activist)
6th August 1965
This law makes it easier for Black people to vote.
Martin Luther King Jr.
25th September 1957
Nine students go to an all-white school to study. For example one of the nines students :
Elizabeth Eckford
4th April 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated in Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr.
2nd July 1964
A new law stops discrimination in public places.
Lyndon B. Johnson
18th May 1896
A law says "separate but equal" is okay.
Homer Plessy
31 st December 1865
Slavery becomes illegal in the USA.
Abraham Lincoln
1st Febraury 1960
Students sit at a "white-only" lunch table to protest.
Ezra Blair Jr.
28th August 1963
African-American people march on Washington for equal rights.
Martin Luther King Jr.