A Civil Rights Timeline

By heaven01
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Legalized segragation
  • (NAACP)

    (NAACP)

    Started up to end segregation
  • Thur-good Marshall

    Thur-good Marshall

    Lawyer For NAACP
  • The Sit-Ins

    The Sit-Ins

    core did 1st peaceful sit-in protest
  • Little Rock School Integration

    Little Rock School Integration

    school desegregation risers
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    school desegregation
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    14 year African Americans stopped riding buses
  • Race Riots

    Race Riots

    Urban violence
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Bus protest
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides

    protesting segregation on state to state bus routes
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    march to Washington for dream of equality
  • March on Birmingham, Alabama

    March on Birmingham, Alabama

    desegregate public fatalities
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    7-2-64
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    eliminate pollutant
  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Racial pride-preacher
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    eliminated literacy tests for voting
  • March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights

    March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights

    -Protect voting rights
  • De jure vs. De Facto segregation

    De jure vs. De Facto segregation

    Segregation by law or by custom
  • Emmett Till

    Emmett Till

    Lynched in Mississippi
  • Black Panther Party

    Black Panther Party

    Fight police brutality in the Mississippi
  • Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph

    Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph

    MLK Assassinated
    Thoreau- Civil disobedience writings Gandhi-peaceful leader in India