Civil Rights

By Dayton Burnett

  • NAACP was Founded

    Bi-racial endeavor that was made for Civil Rights Movement

  • Jackie Robinson joins Dodgers

    An African American baseball player is the first to play in the majors.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The segregation of school were being seen as unconstitutional which was sparked anger.

  • Rosa Parks Bus

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man which lead to a big controversy. Many people boycotted the buses after she was arrested.

  • Civil Rights act of 1957

    First reconstruction since the Civil War.

  • Sit-in at Woolworth's

    Four black college students asked to be served at Woolworth's lunch counter, their request was denied and they refused to leave.

  • CORE

    The testing of supreme court's ruling in the Boynton v. Virginia case.

  • Dr. King Arrested

    Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and put into Birmingham jail

  • March on Washington

    A march for civil rights with the intent for jobs and freedom. Where MLK jr. made his " I have a Dream" speech.

  • Civil Rights act of 1964

    An act that outlaws racial, gender, or ethnicity descrimination.

  • Voting Rights Act

    African Americans are able to freely vote.

  • MLK Jr. assasinated

    Marting Luther King Jr. was assasinated at St. Joseph's Hospital, Memphis.

  • Bloody Sunday

    British soldiers shot 28 unarmed protesters.

  • Desegregation of Central High School in Arkansas

    The Central High school of Little Rock became a racially integrated school.