Civil Rights Movement Timeline by Morgan Osborn https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3 Made with love en-us 2022-05-03 18:03:23 UTC 2025-10-29 13:35:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Brown v. Board of Education - Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168759718 The title given to five individual Supreme Court cases regarding the segregation of public schools. These cases took place in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Virginia, South Carolina, and Kansas. The court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling, deciding that “separate but equal” facilities were actually not equal, and that they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
History - Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment | United States Courts





]]> 2022-05-03 18:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168759718 Hernandez v. Texas - 1954 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168762556 The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the murder conviction of Pete Hernandez should be overturned because Mexican Americans were not allowed on the jury that indicted and convicted him.  The ruling stated that the 14th Amendment included all racial and ethnic groups that faced discrimination, further expanding civil rights laws to all people facing racial injustice.
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/hernandez-v-texas




]]> 2022-05-03 18:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168762556 Little Rock Nine - 1957 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168763358 Nine African American teens that integrated Little Rock's Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. They were met with mobs and immense hatred as they tied to enter the school. Little Rock's mayor begged President Eisenhower for help. Eisenhower responded by sending the National Guard and the U.S. Army to protect the students.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/little-rock-nine






]]> 2022-05-03 18:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168763358 Civil Rights Act of 1957 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168763877 Established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and a federal Civil Rights Commission with the authority to investigate discrimination and suggest ways to correct it. Signed and proposed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.]]> 2022-05-03 18:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168763877 Montgomery Bus Boycott - Dec 5, 1955 – Dec 20, 1956 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168764209 After the arrest of Rosa Parks, civil rights activists organized boycotts of the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycotts lasted 13 months, they did not stop until a Supreme Court ruling declared that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. This was the first large-scale nonviolent protest.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (article) | Khan Academy


]]> 2022-05-03 18:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168764209 Greensboro Sit-in - Feb 1, 1960 – Jul 25, 1960 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168765842 Began when four African-American college students sat at a white-only lunch counter. They were kicked out and alerted campus leaders who spread word of what happened. The sit-ins continued all week, gaining more & more support. The next week the protests expanded to other stores with segregated lunch counters. Protesters faced abundant harassment, but it proved to be worth it. African-Americans were soon eating at the same lunch counters as whites.
https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/greensboro-sit-in/


]]> 2022-05-03 18:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168765842 Freedom Rides - Spring 1961 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168766317 An interracial group of activists that rode buses through the South together. As the Freedom riders entered the deep south buses were firebombed, tires were slashed, and they were beaten. Resulted in JFK calling for stricter banning of interstate segregation. 
https://www.britannica.com/event/Freedom-Rides


]]> 2022-05-03 18:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168766317 James Meredith & “Ole Miss” - 1962 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168767238 James Meredith was the first African-American student to be enrolled at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi). Upon arrival at Ole Miss, a violent mob blocked him from entering. Two were killed and man others were injured. Federal marshals and National Guardsmen were sent to defuse the chaos. Meredith graduated the following year despite the resistance. 
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/ole-miss-integratio

]]> 2022-05-03 18:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168767238 Letter from Birmingham Jail - 1963 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168768237 After being imprisoned for a nonviolent protest, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter from jail. In the letter, King claimed that it was okay to break unjust laws for the betterment of society in a nonviolent way. This encouraged people to use nonviolence when fighting for equality.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/letter-from-birmingham-jail]]> 2022-05-03 18:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168768237 March on Washington - August 28, 1963 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168769159 200,000 people marched in the nation’s capital to pressure the JFK administration to make an effective civil rights bill in congress. This is where MLK gave his notorious “I have a dream” speech.
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/march-washington-jobs-and-freedom]]> 2022-05-03 18:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168769159 Bombing at Sixteenth St. Baptist - September 15, 1963 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168769904 Four KKK members bombed a black church killing four African-American girls and injuring more than 20. Robert E. Chambliss, Bobby Frank Cherry, Herman Frank Cash, and Thomas E. Blanton Jr. did not face federal charges in the ‘60s, but they were later convicted and sentenced to life in prison (excluding Cash who died before being convicted)
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/baptist-street-church-bombing


]]> 2022-05-03 18:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2168769904 Civil Rights Act of 1964 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170607386 Prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It outlawed discrimination against public facility usage (bathrooms, water fountains, etc.) and federally financed programs. The act also boosted the fight for voting rights and the desegregation of schools.
Legal Highlight: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | US Department of Labor


]]> 2022-05-04 21:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170607386 Freedom Summer - 1964 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170607677 A volunteer campaign with the goal to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. The project established 41 Freedom Schools in Mississippi that taught math, reading, etc. to increase the chances of black voters being accepted by Mississippi voting officials.
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/freedom-summer
]]> 2022-05-04 21:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170607677 March on Selma - 1965 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170607945 MLK led nonviolent protesters to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama from Selma, Alabama, where African Americans were protesting nonviolently for voting rights. The protests in Selma started with mass arrests but little violence. Later police attacks against nonviolent protesters increased. Televised police brutality sparked outrage across the nation.
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/selma-montgomery-march


]]> 2022-05-04 21:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170607945 Voting Rights Act of 1965 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608124 Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. The act made discriminatory voting practices that took place in southern states like poll taxes and literacy tests illegal. This allowed for far more black Americans' voices to be heard in elections.
Voting Rights Act (1965) | National Archives
]]> 2022-05-04 21:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608124 24th Amendment - Aug. 27, 1962 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608377 Outlawed poll taxes as a voting requirement in federal elections. This made voting more accessible to African American voters that could afford poll taxes prior. 
https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/37045


]]> 2022-05-04 21:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608377 Detroit Race Riots - Jul 23, 1967 – Jul 28, 1967 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608593 Police arrested 82 African Americans at a welcome home party for two Vietnam veterans. Locals that witnessed the raid protested by vandalizing property, looting businesses, and starting fires. Outrage spread and the riots continued for 5 days. 33 black people died and 10 white people died.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Detroit-Riot-of-1967]]> 2022-05-04 21:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608593 Malcolm X & the “Black Power” Movement - 1966 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608752 Malcolm X supported the separation of black and white Americans and rejected the idea of integration. The black power movement was motivated by a want for security and self-sufficiency that they believed they could not receive in redlined African American neighborhoods. They believed that making a community that served black American interests was the way to attain civil rights.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/foundations-black-power


]]> 2022-05-04 21:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608752 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - April 4, 1968 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608930 MLK was shot by James Earl Ray on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis for a march to support striking Memphis sanitation workers. His assassination led to rage in Black communities, and a time of national mourning. His death helped speed up the passing of an equal housing bill which was the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era.
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination - Facts, Reaction & Impact - HISTORY.
]]> 2022-05-04 21:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170608930 Affirmative Action - September 24, 1965 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170609089 Started by the Lyndon Johnson administration with the goal of leveling out the playing field for minorities in the workplace and educationally. It sought to end, more realistically lessen, discrimination against African Americans, women, and other minorities in corporate settings. 
Affirmative Action | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute


]]> 2022-05-04 21:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170609089 Economic Opportunity Act - 1964 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170609247 Lyndon B. Johnson sign an act that evoked the federal legislation to start an array of programs meant to give education, health, employment, and general welfare to impoverished Americans. The social welfare programs helped even out the wealth gap between races. 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Economic-Opportunity-Act

]]> 2022-05-04 21:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2170609247 Quiz 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2178051408 What was Hernandez originally convicted of?

A. Drug distribution
B. Murder
C. Aggravated assault
]]> 2022-05-10 17:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2178051408 Quiz 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2178090703 What is Ole Miss an abbreviation of?
A. University of Missouri
B. University of Mississippi]]> 2022-05-10 18:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2178090703 Quiz 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2183219285 What were the people that marched on Selma protesting?
A. Voting rights
B. Affordable housing
C. workplace equality]]> 2022-05-13 17:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2183219285 Fun fact 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2183261432 Rosa Parks graduated high school in 1933, making her a part of the less than 7% of African-Americans who had a high school diploma at the time]]> 2022-05-13 17:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2183261432 Fun fact 988mlo18 https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2183267307 Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth name was acutal Michael.]]> 2022-05-13 18:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/988mlo18/3dnwtfrb31g9h3j3/wish/2183267307