Cause- the whites segregated the buses by putting the whites in the front and the black in the back of the bus. There weren't enough seats for the whites so they took away one row from the black section and that's when Rosa made her “movement”.

Event- Rosa parks was on her way home from work riding the bus. The driver told the four people in the “Black section” to stand up but Rosa didn’t stand. She ended up getting arrested for not giving her seat up for a white person. 

Impact- The impact of what Rosa parks did was the Montgomery bus boycott. During the Montgomery bus boycott the black population from that town would boycott the buses on Rosa’s trial day and didn’t ride the buses. The Supreme Court ruled the boycott unconstitutional and the boycott ended December 20th. 

Cause- The group in the high school challenged the segregation in public schools of little rock. 

Event- Brown vs Board of education declared that segregation in public schools were unconstitutional. The Governor Orval faubus called in the National guard to make sure that no black students got into the high school.   

Impact- the impact of this caused the ending of segregation between white and black students in schools. 

Cause- what caused eisenhower to sign that act was because there were physical assaults against activists and bombing of schools and the southern churches. This was to protect african americans protection to their voting rights. 

Event- Eisenhower signed the civil rights act 1997 to help protect voter rights. It allows the federal prosecution of the people that suppress another person's right to vote. 

Impact- The act created the US commission on civil rights and United States Department of the Justice Civil Rights. 

Cause- They did this to help black citizens against racial discrimination and segregation. 

Event- Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders from different southern states even Martin Luther King, Jr. They all met in Atlanta, georgia who coordinated nonviolent protests that are against racial discrimination and segregation. 

Impact- the impact was that they broke the pattern of the public facilities that are being segregated by their race in the South. 

Cause- the cause was because they wanted to protest the racial integration of schools and used bridges as an example. 

Event- Six year old Ruby Bridges was escorted by four federal marshals when she became the first student that integrated William Frantz Elementary School. 

Impact- The impact helped the public school systems end segregation. 

Cause- The shooter Lee Harvey Oswald had communist sympathies. People thought he was shot because of conspiracies made by the KGB, the mafia and also the U.S military-industrial complex. 

Event- Kennedy and his wife were in San Antonio and fort worth the day before his assassination. They were in a convertible driving through Dallas and people started shooting. Kennedy was shot twice in the neck and head and died shortly after. 

Impact- The impact of JFK’s assassination was that the people didin’t know what to do without their president. 

Cause- People were praying and fighting for freedom and equality 

Event- A bomb was set off at the 16th Street Baptist Church. This bomb killed four young girls and this action shocked the world. 

Impact- This impacted the world by building increased support to help end segregation. 

Cause- People thought that Malcolm became too powerful and they wanted to suspend him from the Nation of islam. 

Event- A religious black leader Malcolm X was assassinated in the middle of a rally by the members of the Nation of islam while performing his “organization of afro-american Unity” at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. 

Impact- this had an impact on other african americans so that they can protect themself against white aggression. 

Cause- He got lots of criticism from the younger african americans that wanted a confrontational approach that they sought for chance. 

Event- Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated on his hotel room balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The person who was convicted of MLK murder was James Earl Ray. 

Impact- The impact caused Americans to “reject the blind violence”. It also pushed the congress to quickly pass the civil rights legislation which then entered the house of representatives.