Civil rights Movements Map- Wendy, Holaya by Wendy Mazariegosramos

March on Washington

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-13 15:56:09 UTC

Started on August 28, 1963 a massive demonstration in support of civil rights and economic justice for African Americans.

Bloody Sunday

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-13 16:00:27 UTC

Civil rights marchers were brutally attacked by state troopers and county possemen. They were beaten with clubs, bullwhips, and tear-gassed after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Detroit Riot

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-13 16:02:35 UTC

The discrimination African Americans faced in housing, employment, rationing, and more.

Lynching of Emmett Till

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-13 16:06:55 UTC

A white women thought he was trying to flirt with her and had a bunch of white people beat him until he died.

Loving v. Virginia

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-13 16:08:35 UTC

A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races.

Assassination of Martin Luther King . Jr

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-13 16:11:33 UTC

Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Rosa Parks

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-14 12:25:33 UTC

Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 changed the world.

Chicago

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-14 12:28:31 UTC

Chicago, on Lake Michigan in Illinois, is among the largest cities in the U.S. Famed for its bold architecture, it has a skyline.

Malcolm X

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-14 12:30:30 UTC

Malcolm X was human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.

greensboro sit-ins

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-14 15:48:50 UTC

a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store

little rock nine

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-14 15:52:12 UTC

were nine African American students who defied segregation by enrolling at previously all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957.

Albany movement

mazariegosramosw — 2025-05-14 15:53:58 UTC

aimed to desegregate the city and secure voting rights for Black citizens.