KARLA LOYA

SEPERATE-BUT-EQUAL

• 1856
• Ruling established in supreme court case of Plessy V Ferguson,
• allowing for segregated public facilities as long as they are equal.
• Its important because it helped estabisged some rights for the
• African Americans.

FREEDOM RIDERS

• May 14, 1947
• Group made up of African American and white teams who traveled
• to south to draw attention to segregated bus terminals. Angry Whites
• often attacked them.
• This event is important, because some whites and African Americans joined together to end segregation.

BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION

• May 17, 1954
• This program was made to let African Americans have some education
• just like the whites did and even took them to the same schools later on.
• This is important because it got people attention, and let the african american kids and teens
• get more better education.

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT

• December 1, 1955
• This was a group of African Americans that joined together to protest without
• violence to the government. This started when Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat
• at the bus stations where whites sat.
• This is important because it was a group of africans that stood up for rights without violence.

SIT-INS

• Febuary 1,1960
• Sit-ins started and this was when African Americans whent to sit at local theatres,
• restaurants, movies and different places where whites usually went and wouldnt leave until they got
• attended. This got alot of people to join in. Usually they got beaten but they resfused to react and stayed.
• This is important because it got the whites attention how they never backed down and they didnt use violence.

MARCH ON WASHINGTON

• August 28,1963
• This March was a group of African Americans and MLK to Washington and
• where MLK gave his famous speech.
• This is important, because MLK's speech was an important and very inspiring speech to many people.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

• 1964
• This act gave African Americans the same rights as everybody else. They got provlidged
• to more things. But this didnt change the attitudes of the whites.
• This is important because it gave more rights for African Americans, which made things better for them.

SELMA MARCH

• March 25,1965
• This was where MLK led a march for voting rights ,from Alabama to Montgomery. He also
• got arrested this day at the march for helping lead the African Americans in this march.
• This was important because it led to new voting rights for African Americans.

WATTS RIOT

• August 11, 1965
• Violence that broke out in los angeles against police in an African
• American neighborhood.
• It is important because it wasnt a right event to happen and got peoples attention.

CEEO

• Created by JFK , it tried to stop the federal bureaucracy from discriminating
• African Americans in hiring and promotions.
• This was an important event, because it created more job opertunities.