Civil RIghts

By genjibsmurfing

  • Brown v.s Board of Education

    The supreme court rules that school segregation is unconstitutional.

  • Bus Boycott

    African Americans boycott the Montgomery Ala. public bus system for a year after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat.

  • Freedom Rides

    Volunteers travel around the south by bus in an attempt to desegregate bus terminals.

  • March on Washington D.C

    Nearly 200,000 people march on Washington D.C. MLK gives his famous "I have a dream" speech.

  • The assassination of JFK

    Kennedy, a supporter of the Civil Rights movement, is killed during a parade in Dallas.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    MLK is awarded the nobel peace prize for his contribution towards the civil rights movement.

  • The Civil Rights Act

    Legislation signed by President Johnson which prohibits any discrimination in public places.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Black voter registration triple after the banning of literacy tests and poll taxes.

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer who helped to win the Brown v.s Board of Education, is the first black appointee in the Supreme Court.

  • MLK Assasination

    Martin Lurther King Jr. is shot at his motel in Memphis, Tenn. and dies, leaving the country in shock.