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Brown V.S Board of Education
Landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Topeka, Kansas. "Separate but equal" schools ruled unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks Arrtsted
Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give a white her bus seat. Soon, the Montgomery bus boycott began, and the Montgomery was segregated. -
The little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. -
The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham results in the death of four black girls. -
Voting Rights Act Passed
An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide relief against discrimination in public -
Martin Luther KIng Jr's I have a Dream Speech
Martin luther King Jr heard about Parks's brave defiance and launched a boycott of Montgomery buses. The 17,000 black residents of Montgomery pulled together and kept the boycott going for more than a year. -
200,000 march to Hear Dr. King jr
200,000 march in Washington and hear the Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. -
The Selma-to-Montgomery March
The Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights ended three weeks--and three events--that represented the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forbid the use of literacy tests and other voter tests as prerequisites for voting. It also authorized federal intervention to aid blacks in registering to vote in the South. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forbid the use of literacy tests and other voter tests as prerequisites for voting. It also authorized federal intervention to aid blacks in registering to vote in the South. -
The Death of Martin Luther King Jr
The assassination of Rev. King in Memphis sets off a wave of rioting in 125 cities in 29 states. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis
April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN, where had gone to give a speech to striking garbage workers.
