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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
A Supreme Court case were the court declared state laws of separate schools for white and black students to be unconstitutional. Ended on 5/17/1954 -
Emmett Till Lynched
Emmett Till was kidnapped, beat, shot in the head, and lynched in Mississippi at the age of fourteen after a white woman said she was offended by him in her family's grocery store because he was whistling. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride the city buses in Montgomery to protest segregated seating. Started after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her sit up to a white person. Lasted a whole year. -
Little Rock 9
Little Rock 9 was a group of nine black students who enrolled at a formerly all-white school, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Ruby Bridges Attends School in New Orleans
Ruby Bridges became the fist African American child to integrate an all-white southern elementary school, William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans, Louisiana. This happened during the desegregation crisis in 1960. -
Freedom Riders
The first Freedom Ride consisted of seven blacks and six whites who left Washington D.C. on a bus to the deep south to test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynton v. Virginia. -
James Meredith Enrolls at University of Mississippi
After the Mississippi National Guard and federal troops came to the campus to take care of the Ole Miss riot, James Meredith became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. when he was in the Birmingham Jail. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
University of Alabama Desegregated
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door was an act at the University of Alabama caused by the "Brown v. Board of Education". This is were officers, the governor, staff of the school, and other people would block the doors of the enrollment office to keep African Americans from enrolling. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Medgar Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith while walking from his car to his house with his two children. The sniper shot Evers in the back and he died in front of his two children. -
March on Washington (MLK)
This March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom for African Americans. This is were Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
Many Church Bombings where happening around this time but the most popular one was the 16th Street baptist church bombing where 4 girls got bombed in the church bathroom. -
Freedom Summer Project
A voter registration project in Mississippi. Part of many other civil rights groups like CORE and SNCC. This was to encourage African Americans to register as voters. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited the poll tax in election for federal officials in the United States. The poll tax was were you had to pay a fee to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States the outlaws discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. -
Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. -
Watts Riot
Took place in the Watts neighborhood when an African American motorist was pulled over for suspicion of reckless driving. Riots broke out in the neighborhood for police racism. -
March Selma
Martin Luther King led a march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. Fighting for voting rights. -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice and remained on court for 24 years before retiring. -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after leading a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. He was struck by a single shot in his face and neck. -
Greensboro Sit-In Movement
A civil rights protest when African American students directed a sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated discriminatory voting practices like the literacy test. Was signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
