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Slavery and involuntary servitude were abolished.
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After a Supreme Court's ruling schools were no longer allowed to be segregated. It was time for "blacks" and "whites" to attend school together.
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Martin Luther King Jr. becomes a pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama, a black church.
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Rosa would not give up her set on the bus to a white man and was then arrested for her actions.
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The African Americans boycott the buses after Rosa Parks was arrested.
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Martin Luther King’s house was bombed, but he, his wife, and daughter survived.
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The supreme court rules bus segregation is not constitutional in response to a lower court’s ruling.
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Supreme Court’s decision to end bus segregation goes into affect.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower passes first civil rights bill since 1875.
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Nine black children are the "guinea pigs" in integrating the two races in the same school, but the Governor of Arkansas sends in National Guard to prevent the nine students from entering the school
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President Eisenhower sends troops to counteract the actions of the Arkansas Governor.
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Throughout the month integrated groups of individuals ride around on the buses and trains throughout the south.
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Martin Luther King gives his speech about the integration of blacks and whites. He explains to the country what his dream for us was.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at his hotel by James Earl Ray.
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President Bush signs civil rights acts that strengthen the civil rights acts that were already in place.
