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The Supreme Court Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
t essentially established the constitutionality of racial segregation. As a controlling legal precedent, it prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregationI -
The Tuskegee Airmen
contributed to the eventual integration of the United States military and the eventual desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States. The end of segregation in Major League Baseball. It also signaled the beginning of the end of Negro League Baseball. -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
The executive order 9981 abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity -
The Supreme Court Decision of Sweatt v. Painter
By overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine, the Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education had set the legal precedent that would be used to overturn laws enforcing segregation in other public facilities. -
The Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education
it started the process ending segregation. It overturned the equally far-reaching decision of Plessy v. Ferguson -
The Death of Emmitt Till
The sight of his brutalized body pushed many who had been content to stay on the sidelines directly into the fight. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Parks rejected a bus driver's order to leave a row of four seats in the "colored" section once the white section had filled up and move to the back of the bus. Her defiance sparked a successful boycott of buses in Montgomery a few days later. -
The Integration of Little Rock High School
Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. It drew international attention to racism and civil rights in the United States as well as to the battle between federal and state power. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
Established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
The Greensboro Four Lunch Counter Sit-In
The four people were African American, and they sat where African Americans weren't allowed to sit. They did this to take a stand against segregation. -
The Freedom Rides by Freedom Riders of 1961
the Freedom Riders attracted the attention of the Kennedy Administration and as a direct result of their work, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations banning segregation in interstate travel that fall. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. This fee was called a poll tax. Prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
Meredith became the first African American student to be enrolled at the University of Mississippi, and attended his first class, in American Colonial History. His admission marked the first integration of a public educational facility in Mississippi. -
The Integration of the University of Alabama
marked the beginning of school desegregation in the state and moving forward a comprehensive federal civil right -
The March on Washington & "I have a Dream" Speech by MLK
It became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history. -
.The Assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas
Landon B. Johnson takes over and he does more for the civil rights -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Jonson
The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools. -
The Assassination of Malcom X
He argued for black power, black self-defense and black economic autonomy, and encouraged racial pride. -
The Selma to Montgomery March:"Bloody Sunday"
The American civil rights movement directly led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee
His assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American cities. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1968
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote it expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination