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Brown V. Board of Education
Supreme court reverses Plessy V. Ferguson declaring "Separate but equal" public education is unconstitutional from this came the Little Rock nine -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks leads a bus boycott by sitting in the front of the bus-something African Americans were unable to do at the time -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Developed by MLK jr. and others to bring about the end of segregation with nonviolent protests -
Little Rock Nine Video
Nine african americans attend a white high school in little rock, Arkansas Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypzcZHZnDDw -
Southern Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC)
The SNCC was founded to give young African Americans a stronger voice in the civil rights movement used strategies such as sit-ins -
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Freedom Vote Election
Mississippi launched the Freedom Vote mock election to give Black citizens practice in casting a ballot -
Rumford Fair Housing Act
California passes Rumford fair housing act making it so no person can be discriminated against when buying/renting a house -
March on Washington
over 200,000 American citizens gathered in Washington for a political rally for freedom and jobs this is also where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream Speech" -
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President John F. Kennedy Assassinated
President John. F. Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon Johnson takes his place as president -
War on Poverty
Johnson calls for a War on Poverty stating that "many americans live on the outskirts of hope-some because of their poverty, some because of their color and all too many because of both" -
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Harlem Riot
1 killed, 100 injured, and several hundred arrested after riot broke out about the shooting of a 15 year old african american boy -
24th Amendment Ratified
eliminating polling taxes on voters in federal elections -
Civil Rights Act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act which prohibited segregation in public areas and promoted equal employment opportunity -
Malcom X Assassinated
Malcom X was an African American human rights activist and did what ever he could to push for the equality of blacks and whites -
Bloody Sunday
Over 600 people march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery for voting rights. Officers used tear gas and nightsticks to push people back to Selma -
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Investigation of Ku Klux Klan
President Johnson declared an investigation on the Ku Klux Klan where 4 white supremacist were arrested -
Voting Rights Act
President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act which prohibits use of literacy tests -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
MLK jr. assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray -
First African American Congresswoman
Shirley Chisholm becomes the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. house of representatives -
Immediate Integration
Supreme court rules to order immediate desegregation of 33 Mississippi school districts -
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Prohibited discrimination in hiring making it easier for African Americans to obtain jobs -
