Brief Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1965) 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education: In the 1950’s‚ school segregation was widely accepted throughout the nation. In fact‚ law in most Southern states required it. In 1952‚ the Supreme Court heard a number of school-segregation cases‚ including Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kansas. This case decided unanimously in 1954 that segregation was unconstitutional‚ overthrowing the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that had set the “separate
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facilities up the voting rights act) that I want discuss first is the Selma to Montgomery march that Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize. Through the years of struggle the government proved unable to secure civil rights for Black people‚ and so activists started to take matters into their own hands in the early 1960’s. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee began the Selma voting rights campaign‚ which was to get blacks registered to vote. As
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leaders and ministers. Dr. King encouraged the group to use non-violent forms of protest. Dr. King also led the marches with great number of supporters of different races. For example‚ the March in Selma contained 2‚000 black and white marchers. Another example is the political rally in Washington know as the “March on Washington” that contained more than 200‚000 Americans. He did not only lead people in marches and rallies‚ he also used other forms to show leadership such as telling people to protest
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Who Is It? Throughout the Civil Rights Movement‚ Martin Luther King Jr. played a crucial role in organizing many nonviolent events such as the March on Washington and Selma to Montgomery March. These events eventually influenced the Congress to pass both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. also led to dramatic impacts on later laws. Martin Luther King Jr. is the main reason why the 1960s US Civil Rights Movement succeeded
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also demonstrated commitment when he took lead in the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 and when he pressed on and encouraged the March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Born in 1929‚ King stood out from other African-Americans in that he received full formal education including a college degree. Since his college years‚ King was deeply concerned with the division and prejudice towards African-Americans
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Boston. 3. From an early age King was involved in the pursuit for racial equality and served on the executive committee of the Montgomery branch of the NAACP. 4. In 1954 King became pastor of the baptist church in Montgomery and in 1955 he was awarded his PhD in theology. 5. Martin Luther King was now a very well educated and respected member of society in Montgomery‚ giving him a platform to begin publicly
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A major turning point in the civil rights movement was the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which outlawed discrimination and segregation. In 1965‚ King organized the Selma to Montgomery March where all races were invited to peacefully march from Selma to Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ for voting rights. As a result‚ the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was approved‚ marking the end of unequal voting laws. The movement essentially decelerated in the years after King’s murder‚ but
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essay will cover points on the main events of the Civil Rights movement from 1954-65‚ and the impact that was made through them. The Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-56 On the 13 November 1956 the Supreme Court outlawed segregation on Montgomery buses in the Browder v. Gale case. There had been successful mass boycott of buses by all Black citizens of Montgomery who were fuelled with intent to fight oppression and a determined onward pursuit for desegregation. In order for the Boycott to make an
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Bloody Sunday March 7‚ 1965 Sasha Fernandez Civilizations II Prof. Kenneth Sander December 16‚ 2013 Throughout the first half of the twentieth century segregation within the south was a way of life. It was perfectly normal to everyone that blacks and whites remain separate. The 1960s was a time where African Americans began to act and excel on their civil rights movement more abundantly. Even though slavery was abolished in 1865‚ it was a period in which
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nearly impossible without being harassed of attacked. The same is true for the next three events. The Bombing of Birmingham Church‚ The Integration of Central High school‚ and The Selma Marches. These three events will show the horror of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. One of the key components that started the Selma Marches was The Bombing of Birmingham Church. This horrific event involved four girls during Sunday school. Little did they know the Ku Klux Klan had placed a bomb on the building
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