Places of Civil Rights
Brown vs. Board of Education
Topeka, KS
Took Buses from Washington D.C. to the deep south. Met with resistance and then violence. KKK firebombed a bus.
Freedom Rides
Rosa Parks
What profession was MLK?
Pastor
Supreme Court Decision that outlawed segregation in public schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Bloody Sunday March for Voting Rights
Selma, AL
Nine Students integrated an all white school in Little Rock, AR. US Military had to protect students from violence.
Little Rock 9
MLK
What is MLK's birthday?
January 15
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Murder of Emmett Till
Money, MS
Children protested segregation. Overflowed the jails. Protesters met with water hoses and violence. Heavily televised.
Children's March
President assassinated. Tried to pass the Civil Rights Bill to outlaw discrimination of people of different races, genders or religions.
JFK
Where was MLK born?
Atlanta, GA
Law that made it illegal to keep people from voting based on their race, gender or religion.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Bus Boycott - MLK leads Protests
Montgomery, AL
Protesters sat at "Whites Only" lunch counters and asked to be served. Refused to move until given service. Met with violence.
Lunch counter sit-ins
6 year old girl who integrated an elementary school in New Orleans, LA
Ruby Bridges
Title of Speech made in Washington D.C.
I Have a Dream
Amendment to the Constitution that ended the Poll Tax
24th Amendment
I Have a Dream Speech. 250,000 Protesters
Washington D.C.
Bloody Sunday
Led the Selma March for voting rights. Was attacked and hospitalized. Became a US Senator from SC.
John Lewis
Where was MLK Assassinated?
Memphis, TN
Act that outlawed discrimination in housing based on race, gender or religion.
Fair Housing Act of 1968