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Plessy V.Ferguson
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued -
Formation of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. -
The Congress of Racial Equality
an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Desegregation of the Military
President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrating the segregated military. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
an African-American civil rights organization. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
one of the major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s. It emerged from the first wave of student sit-ins and formed at an April 1960 meeting organized by Ella Baker at Shaw University. -
The Strategy of Sit-Ins
Students from across the country came together to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and organize sit-ins at counters throughout the South. -
The Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia -
Martin Luther King Jr's " I have a Dream" Speach
a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
Freedom Summer
A volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
Malcolm X begins leading the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X led a mass rally in Harlem on February 21, 1965, rival Black Muslims gunned him down. -
Race Riots in Watts and other cities
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Martin Luther King Assasination
Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis -
Boston Busing
Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students in Boston Massachusettes. -
Rodney King Trial
Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King
