b'BLACK HISTORYA Chronology of The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 19681953: A successful ten-day boycottintegrationandplacestenthousand of buses takes place in Baton Rouge,NationalGuardsmenonfederalser-Louisiana, in June, Led by Rev. T. J.vice. The troops remain the rest of the Jemison,aformerNAACPpresident,yeartoprotectthestudents.Daisy black citizens gain modifications in theBates, president of the state NAACP, segregation rules.is the students\' main adviser. The first 1954: On May 17, the U.S. SupremeCivil Rights Act in eighty-two years was Court (in Brown v. Board of Educationpassed by Congress. Though weak, it ofTopeka,Kansas)declaressegrega- hasinvestigativeandadvisoryfunc-tion in the public schools to be inher- tions and power of subpoena. The Civil ently unequal, and mandates desegre- Rights Commission is established. gation.1958;Asuccessfulvoterregistra-1955: The Brown II decision of thetiondriveinFayetteandHaywood Supreme Court implements the 1954counties,Tennessee,leadstosevere ruling by requiting desegregation "witheconomic reprisals. Many black share-all speed." On December 1, Mrs Rosacroppers are evicted. Parks was arrested for violating the busIn1960;"TentCity"wassetup segregation ordinance in Montgomery,andanationalappealforaidwas Alabama.TheMontgomerybusboy- made.1960;Fourblackstudents, cottbeginsonDecember5th;theEzellBlair,jr,JosephMcNell,David ReverendMartinLutherKing,jr,isRichmond, and Franklin McClain, sit electedpresidentoftheMontgomeryinattheWoolworth\'slunchcounter improvement Association.inGreensboro,NorthCarolina,on 1956; The Supreme Court upholdsFebruary 1st. The action is repeated by afavorabledistrictcourtdecisioncollege students throughout the Deep declaringMontgomery\'sbussegrega- South. Sympathetic picketing and boy-tiontobeillegal.OnDecember21,cottsoccurintheNorth.Withina Montgomary\'sbuseswereintegrated,year and an half, demonstrations have and the bus boycott was called off afterbeen held in over a hundred cities and 381 days.townsineverysouthernandborder state.Dr.KingisjailedinAtlanta. 1957;TheSouthernChristianDemocratic presidential nominee John LeadershipConferencewasfoundedF.KennedytelephonesMrs.Kingto inJanuaryandMartinLutherKing,expressconcern.Thisactiscredited Jr.waschosenpresident.Governorwith gaining him the election. OrvaLFaubusofArkansascallsout1961; On May 4th, Freedom Riders, theNationalGuardtopreventnineled by James Farmer of the Congress black students from entering all whiteofRacialEquality(CORE),leave Central High School in Little Rock; aWashington,D.C.,bybusinorderto court order requires Faubus to with- expose illegal segregation practices in draw them. After Threats of mob vio-lence,PresidentEisenhowerorders paratroopers to Little Rock to enforceContinued on Page 6COMPLIMENTS OF DR. BARBARA SHANNON BANISTERCALL ACCESS AURORA MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION CENTER303-739-7900BODY OF CHRIST NEWS JANUARY 2023 follow us onfacebook 5'