Civil Rights

By carson123321

  • Founding of CORE

    Congress of Racial Equality is a organization that was dedicated to nonviolent protests.

  • Intergration ofMajor League Baseball

    in 1947 the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first MLB team to put an African American on the roster.

  • Desegregation of armed forces

    President Harry Truman desegrated the military.

  • Segregation in public schools unconstitutional

    Supreme Courts rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

  • Greensboro sit-ins

    Protesters in Greensboro challenged racial segregation of public facilities.

  • March on Washington

    Civil rights protesters march in Washington DC for jobs and freedom.

  • Civil Rights Act

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.

  • Selma, Alabama

    Alabama state troopers attacked civil rights demonstrators outside Selma, Alabama on Bloody Sunday.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. is killed

    Dr. Martin Luther King was hit by a sniper's bullet.

  • Busing to integrated schools

    The United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.