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Creation of the NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Was a group an interracial group created in light of the Illinios Race Riot. Connsisting of W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Mary White Ovington, etc. -
Scottsboro Boys
Nine black teenagers wrongly accused of raping two white women on a train in Alabama. They were put through a unfair trial with an all white court where they all recieved a guilty verdict. -
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
Jackie Robinson, the first African American to be in the Major League Baseball when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Thurgood Marshall Named Surpreme Court Justice
President LDJ appointed Marshall for the replacement of Justice Tom C. Clark, and after a debate with the senate he was approved with a 69 to 11 vote. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This is the case that overturned the original Plessy vs. Ferguson case which said that separate but equal segregation was legal, but from five cases envoloving segregated school came the Brown vs. Board of Education which said that it is illegal to have segregation. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The young boy Emmet Till, originating from Chigaco, was murdered by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milum after wolf whistling at Bryant's wife. He was found floating in the Tallahatchie river. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
On 12-1-1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. From December 5th to the Decemeber 20th, 1956 the African-Americans of Montgomery boycotted the buses to stand against segregation. -
The Little Rock 9
Group of nine black teenagers were enrolled into Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment caused an uproar in Arkansas, led by it's Govenor Orval Faubus. -
Ruby Bridges desegregated elementary school
Ruby Bridges was one of the first African-American children to be intergrated into an all white school, William Frantz School, after passing a test to determine if she was smart enough to go into an white school. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
A letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. that defends his strategy of a nonviolent response to racism, that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination against any race, gender, religion, color, or national orientation. It was meant to end the unequal voting registration, desegregated schools, and workplaces. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm was assassinated while speaking at one his rallies in New York, a week after his home had been set on fire. -
Creation of the Black Panthers
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers. The group practiced militant self-defense for the minorities communities against the U.S. Government and fought to secure revolutionary socialism through social groups. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK Jr. was shot while he was standing outside on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was dead within the hour. -
Election of Barak Obama
Barak Obama was the first black president in United State history. He was the democratic nominee and was sworn into office in January of 2009. He was re-elected in 2012.
