When did all of this start ?
The Civil Rights movement began on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks (1913– ), a black seamstress, refused to cooperate with a segregation law. As she boarded a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she took a seat in the designated "black" rows in the back. When the bus filled up she was asked to move so that a white man could have her spot. She refused to give the man her seat and was then arrested. This event sparked what would become a national movement of resistance to racial segregation (separation of black people from white people) and discrimination.Saari, Peggy. "Political And Social Movements - When And How Did The Civil Rights Movement Begin?." History Fact Finder. Ed. Julie L. Carnagie. UXL-GALE, 2001. eNotes.com. 2006. 20 Feb, 2011 <http://www.enotes.com/history-fact-finder/
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Separate But Not Equal
In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement.
Separate But Not Equal. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 8:28, February 20, 2011, from http://www.history.com/videos/brown-vs-board-of-education-separate-is-not-equal.
Separate But Not Equal. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 8:28, February 20, 2011, from http://www.history.com/videos/brown-vs-board-of-education-separate-is-not-equal.
