Civil Rights Cities (The Fight for Equal Rights)

0: Civil Rights Cities

1: Topeka, Kansas

You may have heard of the court case Brown vs. Board of Education, which took place in Topeka, Kansas; in 1954. The court’s decision overturned the earlier court case “Plessey vs. Ferguson” that allowed “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites.

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2: Chicago, Illinois

You may also have heard of Emmett Till who was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955. This man was killed in Mississippi after he talked to a white girl in a convenient store.

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3: Montgomery, Alabama

On December 1st, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger after a long and tiring day of work. Rosa was sent to jail because of what she did. But her actions precipitated a movement-the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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4: Washington, D.C.

Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the March on Washington for jobs and freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage. This is where King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

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5: Oxford Mississippi

Medgar Evers became a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). He was shot in the back and killed June 12th, 1963 at the age of 37 and became a martyr for the civil rights movement.

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6: Selma, Alabama

Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 525 people walked from Selma, Alabama all the way to Montgomery, Alabama, a distance of about 50 miles. This important historical event took place on Sunday March 7, 1965. This day was known as bloody Sunday because state troopers met them on Edmund Pettis Bridge. The demonstrators were tear-gassed, clubbed, spat on, whipped, trampled by horses, and jeered by others for demanding the right to register to vote.

video from Discovery Education Streaming: Civil Rights Protesters




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