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Plessy vs Ferguson
It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality "separate but equal" the ruling court was the supreme court of the united states, taking place there too. -
Formation of the NAACP
A bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, Derrick Johnson was the CEO and it took place in New York City, NY. -
Malcolm X
To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms. -
Congress of Racial Equality
African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. It took place in Chicago Illinois and Niger Innis was the leader. -
The Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, Fred Shuttlesworth was the leader and in took place in Southern United States. -
Desegregation of the Military
Executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. President Harry Truman signed it and took place in the United States -
Brown vs Board of Education
Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional, Linda Brown was involved in this and it happened in Topeka -
The Murder of Emmett Till
Emmitt Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago visiting his cousins in the south. He was at the store with them and catcalled a white woman. Later her father found out and brutally murdered the boy. He was killed in money Mississippi. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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. This was a response to Rosa Parks being arrested. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School caused by Racial segregation in public schools. This took place in Arkansas involving Ernest Green. -
SLCL
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. It was formed after Martin Luther King Jr and played a big roll in the civil rights movement. -
SNCC
It emerged from the first wave of student sit-ins and formed at an April 1960 meeting organized by Ella Baker at Shaw University. -
The Strategy of Sit-ins
Students from across the country came together to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and organize sit-ins at counters throughout the South. -
MLK Jr's "I Have a Dream" Speech
A public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, an important person involved would be Martin Luther King Jr himself and this took place at Lincoln Memorial. This event caused a chain of reactions and an amazing way to kick of the subject of equal rights. -
Freedom Summer
This was to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi, Robert Moses proposed the idea of the Freedom Summer and this all took place in Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and it took place in the United States. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote, President Lyndon B. Johnson was involved and this took place in America. -
Race Riots
The riots were blamed principally on police racism. It was the city's worst unrest until the Rodney King riots of 1992. 3,438 people were arrested there were 34 deaths and 1,032 injuries. -
MLK's Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr., an African American and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was the perpetrator -
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Boston Busing
The desegregation of Boston public schools, involved was Theodore Landsmark, he was attacked and bloodied by a group of white teenagers, happened in Boston Massachusetts. -
Rodney King Trial
The jury acquitted three of the officers but could not agree on one of the charges against Powell. "The men who beat Rodney King do not deserve to wear the uniform of the LAPD."
