Truman signs an oder which states all colors are equal
Supreme Court ruled we are seperate from the blacks but equal
Rosa Parks sits at the front of the bus
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which King is made the first presidentRead more
9 blacks are blocked from going to school from the government
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is founded at Shaw University, providing young blacks with a place in the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.
Four young girls (Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins) attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church,
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964Read more
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.Read more
