1963 march on washington

Civil Rights Movement

  • Schools Desegregate

    Schools Desegregate
    On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court decided to desegregate schools
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white person and got herself arrested causing thousands of African Americans to boycott buses
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    On September 4, 1957 9 African American students went to an all white school
  • Greensboro Sit Ins

    Greensboro Sit Ins
    On Febuary 1, 1960 four black students sat down at the whites only lunch counter inside the Woolworth store
  • The Childern's March

    The Childern's March
    On May 2, 1963 to keep the movement alive, thousands of childern, some as young as six hit the streets of Birmingham, Alabama
  • March On Washington

    March On Washington
    On August 28, 1963 thousands of African Americans headed to Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. deliverd his famous "I Have A Dream" speach
  • Sixteen Street Baptist Church Bombing

    Sixteen Street Baptist Church Bombing
    On a Sunday morning in September 1963 the KKK planted 15 sticks of dynamite on the Sixteen Street Baptist Church and killed 4 childern
  • Civil Rights Act Of 1964

    Civil Rights Act Of 1964
    The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 outlawed segregation in public facilities
  • Voting Acts Right of 1965

    Voting Acts Right of 1965
    On Auguest 6, 1965 African Americans gained the right to vote
  • Dr. King's Assassination

    Dr. King's Assassination
    On April 4, 1968 King got shot to death by James Earl Ray or later got arrested