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The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races. -
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots fighter, bomber, and airmen who fought in World War II. -
The world changed when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. -
President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, creating the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. -
the court ruled unanimously that Heman Sweatt, an African American man, must be admitted to the University of Texas Law School, effectively striking down the "separate but equal" doctrine -
In the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American youth, who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman. -
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. -
The result was the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store. -
a series of protests during the Civil Rights Movement where groups of Black and white activists, known as Freedom Riders. -
It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. -
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
a federal appeals court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, an African-American student. -
The successful integration of The University of Alabama that began on June 11, 1963, opened doors not only to two Black students, but for decades of progress toward becoming an inclusive campus. -
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964. -
US black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated on 21 February 1965, at the age of 39. -
“Bloody Sunday,” which occurred on March 7, 1965, was a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. During a peaceful march in Selma, Alabama -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots. -
At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.