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Morgan V Virginia
The US Supreme Court invalidates provisions of the Virginia Code which require the seperation of white and colored passengers were applied to interstate bus transport. -
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Major Events in the Civil Rights Movement
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball -
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphery makes a controversial speech in favor of American Civil Rights Movement at the Democrate National Convention -
Henderson V United States
The Supreme Court abolishes segregation in Raiload cars -
Federal Court
Ferdeal Court ruling upholds segregation in SC schools -
Briggs V Elliott
After a district court had ordered seperate but equal school facilities in South Carolina the Supreme Court agrees to hear as a part of the case Brown V Board of Education -
US Supreme Court
US Supreme Court wipes out segregation in Washington D.C. -
Protests
Protest by white parents in White Sulphur Springs, WV force schools to postpone desegregation another year. -
Oklahoma University
Oklahoma University allows black students -
Bus Boycott
The Tallahasse, Florida bus boycott begins -
President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 -
Willie O'Ree
Willie O'Ree breacks color barrier in the National Hockey League, in his first game playing for Boston Bruins. -
Desegregation in buses
One Federal judge throws out segregation on Atlanta, GA buses, while another orders Montgomery registrars to comply with Civil Rights Comission -
Woolworth's sit-in
Four black students sit a white's only counter at Woolworth's dine-in in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders bus attacked and burned outside Anniston, Alabama -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro starts having missile launch sites built on Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro gets missiles from Russia -
John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy makes famous Civil Rights speech -
US Supreme Court
Twenty-fourth Amendment abolishes the poll tax for federal elections