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Lafayette worked as a double spy for the UK and the Americans. He would feed false information to the UK and good details to the Americans. This was one of the coolest jobs one could have and the fact an African America held this position is symbolic in the civil rights movement in how desegregation is better.

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1865 - End of the American civil war/Start of reconstruction 

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1865 - End of the American civil war/Start of reconstruction 

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As the civil war ended, the Southern States has to reconstruct the government and society. The political and social rights of newly freed Americans would become an important part of the post-war period.

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Anderson was one of the greatest singers of her time. She grew up singing in the catholic church and was seen as very good so she tried in a competition and won. As a result of this she sang for an orchestra and became very popular in the black community and white.

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This state law allowed for seperate but equal accomadations for each race. This was passed during the reconstruction of the south which this law allowed for more equal rights between blacks and whites.

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Charles Richard Drew is one of the most prestigious of his time. He was accepted into Amherst college with a football scholarship but soon turned to academics. After graduating he worked as a professor in biology for 2 years then went to Mcgill University where he studied blood transfusions. Drew then set up the Blood for Britain Project in New York but resigned after the government forced him to segregate blood types.

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The red summer was an extremely violent summer where white mobs attacked black people randomly. It started with black kids getting rocks thrown at them in the water and that scuffle ended with one death. But, this caused a multitude of events through that summer.

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A cultural revival of the African American comunity of Music, dance, art, and rights as a whole. This helped black people gain the rights they deserved and was a safe community that thrived in their city. This marked modern day cultural things that were created in Harlem.

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She was dedicated to track and field and was one of the best athletes by 7th grade. She wasn't allowed to train with white kids and at white facilities. Her performance caught the attention of Tuskee Institute for track and field. She competed with a back injury and still was the first black olympic gold medalist.

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Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to be voted into congress. While in congress she introduced and passed over 50 bills that were pro civil rights. She is one of the most important people in Civil rights history due to the fact she passed many important bills

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Heron is known as the creator of rap and was the one person who made rap popular in the late 1900's. In his rap songs he sang about black oppresion and how he wanted change in America. Not only did he change civil rights but he changes music for decades to come.

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Brown and multiple other families wanted to fight segregation due to the damaging effects of segregation towards kids. SO, they fought the supreme court and won.

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Emmit Till said something inappropriate to a white woman worker. As a result of this, her husban took him and beat him multiple times on different parts of the roads. Eventually he put a fan around Emmit's head and threw him over a bridge and he drowned due to not being able to stay afloat.

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Rosa Parks denied her seat to a white man and as a result was forced out of the seat and arrested upon stopping. This caused all black people in Montgomery to boycott the bus systems until bus segregation laws were changed.

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Mae was the first African American astronaught. She was accepted into 2 of the top ivy of her time and modern day Stanford and Cornell. She applied to NASA and was 1 of 15 people out of 2,000 top applicants to be accepted. This achievements is one of the greatest and she was seen as a hero and someone to look up to in the black community.

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9 students are picked after training to try and desegregate a school alone. The governor blocks the school physically with his troops to make students not be able to get to school. One kid was expelled for fighting back. The other 8 were able to make it through the school year with one graduating. Parents are screaming at 9 black kids every day. This photo was taken while she was trying to go to school. The kids couldn't handle it and skipped some days. The 101st airborne had to help them to get to school with 11,500 soldiers. Governor disbands high schools so only white kids could go to charter schools. This resulted in black kids being home schooled or tutored.

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She went to school at the age of 6 and she was harrased by parents and teachers whenever she tried to get in. The big story is she walked into school and one of her own teachers was holding a coffin with a black baby doll representing young Ruby.

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Four African Americans who weren't permitted to sit in a location did a series of protests where they went to a sit-in and protested segregation. All four students were from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College. These four started a movement where people went to segregated sports and protested the right they deserved.

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This speech by Martin Luther King Jr. was extraordinary for the black community. It caused an extreme amount of people (200,000) to hear his voice and join the protest for civil rights in America. This speech was incredible being 17 minutes long describing how he wanted desegregation and prosperity for his children.

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Lyndon B. Johnson was the president to sign this amazing bill. This bill strengthened the ability for anyone to vote who pleased. Protests and meeting held with LBJ concluded with a huge victory for all of the minorities but especially African Americans in finnaly having the right to vote

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African Americans wanted to protest voting rights and they were told it would never happen. Opposed to this they made the 54 mile march from Selma to Mongomery known as "the heart of racism" because it was in the most racist state of Alabama. The march is referred to as "Bloody Sunday because of the 600 people attacked in the Edmund Pettus Bridge.