Civil Rights Movement Map - Sam V by Samuel Vasquez-Penagos

Bloody Sunday

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-15 12:34:32 UTC

John Lewis led 600 peaceful demonstrators across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. Dozens of state troopers assaulted marchers with tear gas, horses, bully clubs and whips. 50 people were hospitalized and millions watched the brutality on TV. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Edmund-Pettus-Bridge

Murder of Emmett Till

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-15 15:11:49 UTC

Emmett was a 14 year old kid from Chicago visiting relatives in MS, A married white woman accused him of offending her. On Aug 28, 1955 Ray Bryant beat and murdered him.

source: https://www.history.com/articles/emmett-till

Black Panther Party

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-15 15:28:30 UTC

Formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. It advocated armed protection of blacks and was known for providing medical access and free breakfast to kids. The group was watched by the FBI

source: History.com

Montgomery Bus Boycott

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-20 12:08:45 UTC

A 381 day boycott of the bus system by civil rights advocates and supporters. it was triggered by the arrest of Rosa Parks, a black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white person. It led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling the Montgomery Segregation bus law was unconstitutional.

Chicago Operation Breadbasket

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-20 12:16:27 UTC

In 1966 Jesse Jackson led the boycott against businesses that didn't hire blacks. After success with dairy companies, they targeted Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and supermarkets. They gained 2000 new jobs worth $15 million/yr to the black community.

source: Kinginstitute.stanford.edu/operation-breadbasket

Little Rock Nine

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-20 12:22:05 UTC

In 1957 9 African American teenagers enrolled at an all white high school. A white mob threw rocks at them and threatened them. Federal troops were brought in to protect them. Tv and newspapers covered the tense situation.

source https://www.britannica.com/topic/Liittle-Rock-Nine

March on Washington D.C.

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-20 12:25:52 UTC

On Aug 28, 1963 a quarter million people gathered at the Lincoln memorial to protest the inequalities blacks faced. MLK jr gave his "I have a dream" speech here and it became culturally significant to the movement.

source: https://www.history.com/

Loving V. Virginia

vasquezsa4 — 2025-05-20 12:30:56 UTC

Richard and Mildred Loving were an interracial couple that married in Washington DC, in June 1958. Weeks later a sheriff arrested them at their Virginia home for breaking the states law against interracial marriage. The case went to the Supreme Court which struck down all laws against interracial marriage in 1967.

SOURCE: https://www.history.com/