Civil Rights Movement

By valenzue.kevin321
  • Period: to

    Period of Slavery

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    The supreme court ruled that segregated facilities were legal under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Gave African American equal opportunity in education.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till

  • The Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine

    A group of African American students who enrolled to an all white school, challenging public school segregation.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

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    Biloxi Wade-Ins

  • Greensboro Sit-In

    Greensboro Sit-In

    Non-violent protest in Greensboro, North Carolina where students staged a sit-in in a diner.
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides

    Freedom Riders were groups of civil rights activists who went on bus trips through the American South protest segregated bus terminals
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream..." speech.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Voting Acts Rights of 1965

    Voting Acts Rights of 1965

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

  • MLK is assassinated

    MLK is assassinated

  • Black Lives Matter Movement

    Black Lives Matter Movement

    Although beginning in 2020, different ways of protests still are seen in the present.
  • George Floyd's Death

    George Floyd's Death

  • NFL Helmets

    NFL Helmets

    NFL players show their support.