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Emmett Till muder
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks got arrested
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Temple Bombing (Atlanta, Ga.)
In the early hours of October 12, 1958, fifty sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entranceway at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent synagogue, more commonly known as "the Temple." -
Separate but equal
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Sit in
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
New Orleans school integration
Two years following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, Federal District Court Judge, J. Skelly Wright, ordered the Orleans Parish School Board to design an effective plan for the desegregation of New Orleans' public schools. -
Albany Movement
In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life. -
Americus Movement
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers began organizing with black community leaders in Americus soon after their arrival in Sumter County in February 1963. -
MLK arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
The prominent African American leader Malcolm X was assassinated while lecturing at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. -
March for voting right begins
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Watts Riots
A series of violent confrontations between the city police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighborhoods of Los Angeles began -
Black Power
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
Detroit Riot
A series of violent confrontations between residents of predominantly African American neighborhoods and city police in Detroit began -
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
Longstanding tensions between disgruntled African American sanitation workers and Memphis city officials erupted on February 12, 1968 when nearly one thousand workers refused to report to work demanding higher wages, safer working conditions, and recognition of their union, local 1733 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.