Civil Rights

Plessy vs Fergoson

Mar 10, 1896

Plessy refused to sit in a jim crow car

congress of racial equality

Mar 10, 1942

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

JackieRobinson

Mar 10, 1947

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

sweatt v painter

Apr 20, 1950

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

Brown v Board of Education

Mar 20, 1954

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

montgumerey bus boycott

Dec 17, 1955

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

southern manifesto

Mar 21, 1956

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

SCLC

Mar 21, 1957

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

little rock

Sep 4, 1957

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

Greensborow sit in

Mar 21, 1959

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

SNCC

Mar 21, 1960

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

freedom rides

May 4, 1961

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

James merideth

Mar 21, 1962

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

Letter From Burminghan Jail

Apr 16, 1963

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.

Medgar Eversa

Jun 12, 1963

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

March On Washington

Aug 28, 1963

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

Bombing of Burmingham church

Sep 15, 1963

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

24th amendment

Jan 23, 1964

"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

mississippi freedom summer

Jun 21, 1964

a campaign to lead african amwricans to vote

civil rights act passed

Jul 2, 1964

discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was outlawed

Malcom x assassinated

Feb 21, 1965

African American nationalist and religious leader he was assassinated by black muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity

Selma to Montgumery march

Mar 21, 1965

Voting Rights Movement underway in Selma, Alabama. many were left turned dow by opressors but they still lead the movement in selma alabama

voting acts approved

Aug 6, 1965

voting rights were aproved. The new law was put in place to protect the right for voting givven by the 14th and 15th amendment

Black PIanthers

Mar 21, 1966

it was black nationalist and socialist organization. their goal was to monitor police and stop their brutality

King assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

he was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. James earl ray was the murderer