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In a landmark decision, the court unanimously decides that "separate but equal" is inherently unequal. -
A young man named Emmett Till is brutally beaten and shot to death by two white men. When they go to trial, both are found not guilty by an all-white jury. -
An African American woman named Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She is arrested for this, which sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
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The Supreme Court rules that bus segregation goes against the 14th Amendment, leading to the end of the bus boycott when the ruling takes effect. -
The Little Rock 9 are forbidden from entering Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard. Three weeks later, President Eisenhower sends in the army to enforce Brown v. Board of Education. -
The largest demonstration of Civil Rights activism in current history. Also the origin of MLK's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed equality and desegregation throughout all fields of life, including occupation and education. -
During a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, a group of civil rights protesters is attacked on a bridge. This leads to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Prohibited states from discriminating in voting via racial biases and enabled federal interference in local voting systems. -
Many grieve the loss of MLK, and many more take their grief to the streets. With this one last clamor, the Civil Rights Movement finally ends, with Black people able to experience a world where they don't have to be seen as less.