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Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus.
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Governor Farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to prevent black students from going into a white school.
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Sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter
On February 1, 1960, four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. They were fefused. -
Freedom riders bus burned
six miles southwest of Anniston, Ala., May 14, 1961. the freedom bus was burned -
The Other America written by Michael Harrington
Michael Harrington’s book The Other America was an influential study of poverty in the United States -
MLK writes Letter from a Birmingham jail
The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail, also known as The Negro Is Your Brother -
Peaceful demonstrators ruthlessly attacked in Birmingham, Alabama- MLK arrested.
during the first week of May in 1963, Birmingham police and firefighters ruthlessly attacked civil rights demonstrators -
"I have a dream" speech given by Martin Luther King
MLK gives his famous "I have a dream" speech. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. -
John F. Kennedy assasinated
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States -
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President
served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. -
24th amendment passed
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax -
Civil Rights bill passed
was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women. -
Malcom x dies
Malcom X Assassinated by gunfire -
Voting rights act 1965
was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women -
Watts riots
The term Watts Riots of 1965 refers to a large-scale riot which lasted 6 days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, -
Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, a shot rang out. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., -
Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated
A great man who spent thirteen years of his life dedicating himself to noviolent protest had been felled by a snipper bulley. -
Forced busing begins
Desegration of the United States.