Civil Rights movement

Creation of the NAACP

Feb 12, 1909

Arrest of the Scottsboro Boys

Mar 25, 1931

Just putting "Scottsboro Boys" feels pretty vague, so you're getting the arrest, trials, and release

First trial of the Scottsboro Boys

Apr 6, 1931

Second trial of the Scottsboro Boys

Mar 27, 1933

Release of the Scottsboro Boys

Jul 24, 1937

Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

Apr 15, 1947

Brown vs. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

The Murder of Emmitt Till

Aug 28, 1955

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 5, 1955

The Little Rock 9 goes to a white school

Sep 4, 1957

Ruby Bridges desegregates elementary school in New Orleans

Nov 14, 1960

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Apr 16, 1963

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jun 19, 1964

Assassination of Malcolm X

Feb 21, 1965

Creation of the Black Panthers

Oct 15, 1966

Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice

Aug 30, 1967

Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apr 4, 1968

Election of Barack Obama

Nov 4, 2008