Civil Rights Movement

By axw2451

  • Brown v Board

    The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board, unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger, defying a southern custom of the time.

  • SCLC

    Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The SCLC becomes a major force in organizing the civil rights movement and bases its principles on nonviolence and civil disobedience.

  • Central High School

    An all-white Central High School there were nine black students blocked from entering the school. President Eisenhower sends federal troops and the National Guard to intervene on behalf of the students, who become known as the "Little Rock Nine."

  • Freedom riders

    Student volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities. Several of the groups of "freedom riders," were attacked by angry mobs. The program sponsored CORE and SNCC.

  • March on Washington

    The March on Washington had about 200,000 people and there was congregating at the Lincoln Memorial. The participants listen as Martin Luther King Jr delievered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

  • 24th Ammendment

    The 24th Amendment abolished the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it hard for poor blacks to vote.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by Congress and it made it easier for the Southern blacks to vote. The restrictions on the blacs like literacy tests, poll taxes, and others were made illegal.

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    Martin Luther King was shot when he was outside his hotel room at the age of 39. James Earl Ray was the killer and a racist.

  • Civil Rights Act 1968

    The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed by President Johnson to prohibit the discrimination in sale, rental, and financing of housing to the blacks.