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The Supreme court outlaws segregation in most public schools of the U.S.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man. The bus driver stopped and called police to remove her.
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Montgomery, Alabama
following the arrest of Rosa Parks, Protesters stopped using public transportation as a retaliation to having restrictions with public transportation. -
Congress passes the first civil rights act since reconstruction stating school desegregation.
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President Eisenhower orders federal troops to enforce school desegregation and to provide safety to the 9 African American students who were enrolled to attend school there.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
A couple of Black students went into a public restaurant and sat at the whites only counter, they were denied service, but they stayed and sat there until they were accepted service. -
Freedom riders from the north are attacked by angry mbs in the south in Alabama while protesting bus desegregation laws.
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Civil rights groups join forces around the south to launch voter registration drive
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Riots errupt in Mississipi when James Meredith, a black student enrolls at Ole Miss. He his personally turned down at first by the state Governor.
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Police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses.
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Civil rights leader Medgar Evers assissinated in Jackson Mississipi
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250 000 people march on washisngton to protest, sing and listen to speeches by preachers like Dr.Martin Luther king, who gave the famous i have a dream speech.
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The 24th amendment outlawed the use of this tax that had been used in the south mainly on Black voters.
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President Johnson signs Civil rights act of 1964, which outlawed segregation in public places and gave Blacks the right to vote.
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Thousands protest from Selma to Montgomery in a march for their voting rights
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Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer who was known for arguing his victory against the supreme court in the Brown vs. Board of Education case. President Johnson than appointed him as the first Black supreme court judge.
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Dr. Martin Luther King was standing on his motel balcony when he was fatally shot just after 6pm in Memphis Tennessee. His death was a shock to the whole country to both Blacks and Whites because of his peaceful influence on the country was so strong.
