Timeline: Civil Rights

Mar 10, 1896

Plessy vs Fergoson

Plessy refused to sit in a jim crow car

Mar 10, 1942

congress of racial equality

was founded in 1942. They helped with the civil right movement
www.core-online.org/History/history.htm

Mar 10, 1947

JackieRobinson

First black baseball player in the major leagues. He broke the racial baarrier for baseball

Apr 20, 1950

sweatt v painter

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/339/629 Supreme court case that succesfully challenged the seperate but equal segragation set by the pessly vs fergosun

Mar 20, 1954

Brown v Board of Education

http://goo.gl/whCQ2uBrown fights the court again for the cause of declarigh seperate but equal is unconstitutional

Dec 17, 1955

montgumerey bus boycott

http://goo.gl/uNmfzU a massive protest to segragation on busses. protests included depriving the busses of income and most noteable rosa parks for staning up for herself

Mar 21, 1956

southern manifesto

http://goo.gl/cCe77VA rsolution to the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education stating that people should resist. Congress was in opposition to racial integration of public places

Mar 21, 1957

SCLC

http://goo.gl/eqBCQS following the succesfull boycott of monygumery several civil rights leaders met in georia to replicate reults in a non violent effort. first elected president was martin luther king

Sep 4, 1957

little rock

http://goo.gl/3k1sMm after the brown v board of education the firs schol to be desegragated was the little rock central high school. Only nine african american students attended, later kmown to be the little rock nine it was a breakthrough for equality in schools

Mar 21, 1959

Greensborow sit in

http://www.sitins.com/story.shtml the sit in was a series of non violent protests, it signified a mood change in the cause

Mar 21, 1960

SNCC

http://goo.gl/RPo3xEudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was established by young people. four young men frome a college from greensborow estblished the group from influence by martin luther king

May 4, 1961

freedom rides

http://goo.gl/wYEiXf CORE foound a new tactic in finding a way to desegragate the south. In an effort of doing so they took bus rides to deep south to show their effort

Mar 21, 1962

James merideth

http://goo.gl/j1Hmb6 JamesMerideth was the first african american to attend the university of mississippi he set new grounds for equality

Apr 16, 1963

Letter From Burminghan Jail

http://goo.gl/10jiuo After being put in jail Martin luther king wrote the letter to the people. the signifgance of the letter boosted the effort for equality.

Jun 12, 1963

Medgar Eversa

http://goo.gl/xKrKqC Medgar evers was a civil rights activist. He was a member of the NAACP. He worked to the segragation n the university of mississppi he was assasinated june 12 1963

Aug 28, 1963

March On Washington

one of the largest rallies for human rights, It was a demonstration of equality. This is where MLK gave his famouse I have a dream speech

Sep 15, 1963

Bombing of Burmingham church

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombingwas an act of violence by the kkk which lead terroris. the act killed a few and captured the nation by surprise

Jan 23, 1964

24th amendment

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied"
the amendment also rattified the pole tax