Civil Rights Movement Timeline by William Hembrook

Bombing of 16th street baptist church

hembrookw30 — 2016-01-12 16:48:12 UTC

The Kkk is the group responsible for the bombing of this all black church in Birmingham, Alabama, on september 15,1963. The victims of this bombing are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, Denise. What caused this to happen is racism, this event made a lot of people mad especially because it was a church.

Free

hernandeaa19 — 2016-01-13 16:48:24 UTC

A group of 13 African Americans and a white civil rights activist. The blacks tried to go a restroom of whites only. It took place in Washington D.C. May 4, !961. It happened so they can stop racism. Nothing changed after what the whites and blacks did a protest.

Little Rock Central High

hembrookw30 — 2016-01-13 16:52:38 UTC

In an attempt to test the integration of schools in 1957. 9 black students were picked by the NAACP to attend Little rock high. Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas called in the state National Guard to bar the black students because of their color. What happened is by law blacks could go to school with whites.

Death of Martin Luther King

hernandeaa19 — 2016-01-14 16:40:24 UTC

There was no group of people. King had led the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s, using a combination of powerful words and non-violent tactics such as sit-ins, boycotts and protest marches. April 1968 and the event happen so fight segregation and achieve significant civil and voting rights advances for African Americans.

March on Washington

hembrookw30 — 2016-01-14 16:47:33 UTC

There was a group of more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. It took place in Washington D.C and the date was August 28, 1963. The purposes of this was so the blacks and whites can go to the same schools and jobs. After the March on washington nothing changed there was still violences that continued.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

hernandeaa19 — 2016-01-15 17:20:02 UTC

There was a group that would want race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning achievements of the civil rights movement. It took place at the White house and the date was July 2, 1964. the purpose was to end segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex