civil rights

By alejandradsalinas

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court's ruling ended segregation of public schools

  • Rosa Parks arrested

    Parks' arrest triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins

    the boycott led to the end of segregation on transportation services in Montgomery

  • Little Rock Nine Intergate Central High School

    President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the "Little Rock Nine"

  • March on Washington

    MLK delivered his "I have a dream" speech at this event.

  • Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

    This law ended segregation in most public places.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated

    James Earl Ray killed MLK at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN.