Civil Rights

By charles.mayer

  • The Supreme Court Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson

    Was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality.

  • The Tuskegee Airman

    European Theater of World War 2

  • The Integration of Major League Baseball

    Jackie Robinson

  • The Integration of the Armed Forces

    President Truman Executive Order 9981

  • The Supreme Court Decision of Sweatt v. Painter

  • The Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education

  • The Death of Emmitt Till

    Mississippi

  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks ,Montgomery, Alabama

  • The Integration of Little Rock High School

    The Little Rock Nine Students Little Rock , Arkansas

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1957

    President Eisenhower

  • The Greensboro Four Lunch Counter Sit-In

    The Greensboro Four Greensboro, North Carolina

  • The Freedom Rides by Freedom Riders of 1961

    From Northern Cities to Southern Cities

  • The Twenty Fourth Amendment

    President Johnson

  • The Integration of the University of Mississippi

    James Meredith

  • The Integration of the University of Alabama

    Vivian Malone & James A. Hood

  • The March on Washington & 'I have a Dream Speech' Speech by MLK

    Martin Luther King Jr. and 250,000 Americans

  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas

    Lee Harvey Oswald Dallas, Texas

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Johnson

    President Johnson

  • The Assassination of Malcolm X

    Thomas Hagan New York City

  • The Selma to Montgomery March: ''Bloody Sunday''

    Martin Luther King Jr. and 600 Civil Rights Marchers

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965

    President Johnson

  • The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee

    James Earl Ray

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1968

    President Johnson