Advancement of Rights

By sparks09

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    Supreme Court ruled that "seperate but equal" was unconstitutional... Date is wrong but year is correct.

  • Universaties Admit Blacks

    State universaties are to admit black students to their graduate programs... Date is off again but year is correct.

  • Montgomery Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was placed in order to show Americans that there was a huge amount of blacks that used the public bus system. Their actions dented the systems profit. This lasted one year.

  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    Rosa Parks gets arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus

  • National Guard Brought In

    Governor Farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to prevent black students from going into a white school.

  • Sit in at Woolworth's

    Blacks began doing "sit ins" which was a way to retaliate to restaurants that refused to give service to blacks. It began with three students. Soon it grew pretty big.

  • Freedom Riders

    The bus of the freedom riders was burnt by white people.

  • The Other American

    The Other American was a book writen, stating that roughly 40% of Americans/Blacks were living under what is concidered poverty level.

  • MLK Letter from jail

    MLK writes his famous "I have a dream" speech from jail in Birmingham.

  • March on Washington

    A huge gathering happens at Washington D.C for support to Civil Rights Movement.

  • I HAve A Dream

    Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I Have A Dream" speech at Washington.

  • MLK Arrested

    Peaceful demonstrators get ruthlessly attacked in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. gets arresated for being a leader.

  • JKF Assassinated

    JFK is assassinated during his limo ride.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President

    Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President shortly after JFK was pronounced dead.

  • Civil Rights Bill

    Civil Rights Bill was passed.

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X becomes a civil rights leader with "aggresive" approaches to getting what he wants.

  • 24th Amendment

    The 24th Amendment was passed.

  • Malcolm X Dies

    Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a motivational speech.

  • Watt Riots

    Watt riots broke out due to police brutality aimed at blacks.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act gave the right to blacks to partake in any votings.

  • MLK Assassinated

    MLK was assassinated. Seems that all the people that create huge movements for a huge cause get shot.

  • Forced Bussing

    Forced bussing was a way to move white students into black school top break the segregation barrier.