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The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites.
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The NAACP, national association for the advancement of colored people was created by WEB DeBois.
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The ffirst black labor union was created.
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The CORE, congress of racial equality was created to support equal rights for people of all races.
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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine in public schools.
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Emmett Till was murdered on Aug 25th, 1955 in Money, Mississippi.
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Rosa Parks refused too give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in 1955(Dec 1st). This led to her arrest and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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After Rosa Parks' incident on the bus, it led to the boycott of all Montgomery buses, and lasted 13 months.
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The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower.
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Four black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at Woolworth's store.
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Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation.
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The University of Mississippi was integrated. James Merell was the first african american to attend, supported by NAACp president, Medgar Evers.
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Medgar Evers was shot and killed in his driveway.
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JFK was assassinated in Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald in a car on a route before a speech. It is still controversial how many shooters were present.
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MLK Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the "most segregated city in America".
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On August 28th, 1963, over 250,000 people marched on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill.
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This was an attempt to register as many African Americans as possible to vote.
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The 24th amendment was created, and banned polls tax.
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President LBJ signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law.
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Malcom X, a muslim black rights activist, was assassinated for speaking out against Elijah Muhammad who had seduced and impregnated several women, many being underage.
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On March 7th, 1965, the march on Selma occurred, led by MLK and several other important figures. They marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act law outlawing literacy tests.
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers political group known as the Black Panthers.
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Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis.
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Bobby Kennedy, younger brother of JFK, was assassinated at a convention, leaving the country without a calming, reassuring presence and the presidency campaign without a viable option.
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The last known lynching occurred. Michael Donald was killed by memebers of the KKK. His mother then later went to court and won the case, winning 7 million dollars, but taking the property of the KKK instead.
