Civil rights movement

By gamerman0819

  • NAACP founded

    An organization to fight racisim

  • Rosa parks

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested

  • Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn dodgers

    Jackie Robinson was the first african american MLB player
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    Brown v. Board of education

    ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional

  • desegregation at central high school in little rock arkansas

    the little rock 9 went to school at central high school

  • civil rights act of 1957

    farther secr=uring civil rights in the US

  • Sit-down at woolworth's

    4 African American students sat down at a diner that refused service to them but they didn't give up their seats

  • Core freedom ride

    Activists rode busses so people would stop segregating the busses

  • Dr king. was thrown into Birmingham jail

    Protested because state officials banned anti-segregation protests so they were thrown in jail

  • march on Washington

    Put pressure on congress to pass the civil rights act

  • Civil rights act of 1964

    outlawed discrimination in public place, schools, and employment

  • bloody sunday

    law enforcement officers attacked protesters

  • voting rights act

    prohibited racial discrimination in voting

  • Martin Luther king assassination

    fatally shot at a motel and died in a hospital