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In this case, the Supreme Court overruled the decision of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case, therefore declaring that segregation within schools was unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus which led to her arrest. This in turn led to a year-long boycott of the bus system by African Americans.
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Supreme Court rules that the segregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama is unconstitutional.
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Nine African American students were helped by US military when sent to Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Four African American students were refused service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. This started a new wave of nonviolent protests across the South.
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The Congress of Racial Equality began to organize "Freedom Rides" throughout the South in order to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
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"I Have a Dream" Video Clip
A quarter of a million people marched to the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech. -
A KKK member bombed a church in Birmingham, Alabama known for Civil Rights activist meetings. Four African American girls were killed in the bombing while others were injured.
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President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits discrimination of any kind, and allows the federal government to enforce desegregation.
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Voting Rights Act was passed following the Selma-Montgomery March led by Martin Luther King, Jr. for African American voting rights.
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In September 1967, Thurgood Marshall began his term as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated by James Earl Ray outside his hotel room in Memphis, TN. MLK Jr.'s death sparked a week of riots throughout the country.
