Civil Rights Events

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Supreme Court rules segregated schools unconstitutional
  • Emmett Till Murder

    Emmett Till Murder
    Emmett Till, a Chicago teen, was murdered while visiting relatives relatives in Mississippi. He allegedly whistled at a white teenage girl
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins

    Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins
    Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to sit in the back of a city bus in Montgomery Alabama. Hundreds begin boycotting city buses in Montgomery.