-
Declared state-sponsored segregation of public schools unconstitutional. The 9-0 ruling decided that the "separate but equal" facilities are inherently unequal overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson. -
In 1955 14-year old Emmett Till was born in Chicago visiting Mississippi. He was murdered and beaten by 2 men for whistling at a white woman. Emmett's mother held an open casket funeral to show what had happened to her son. This shocked the nation and sparked the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to white man because she was tired of giving in. Her arrest ignited the Montgomery bus Boycott which lasted 381 days. It was a nonviolent mass protest that ended up hurting the city's transit revenue and ended only when the U.S Supreme Court had ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. -
A group of 9 students named Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown Trickey,
Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Melba Pattillo Beals became the first to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were protected by federal troops following a crisis involving the governor of Arkansas
Plan projects on a visual timeline
Map milestones, phases, deadlines, and key events in one place so the sequence is easier to see and share. Timetoast is a timeline maker for work, school, research, and stories.