Civil Rights Movement

Brown v. board of ed

1953

segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1956

Alabama’s laws requiring segregation on buses unconstitutional.

Little rock 9

1957

the school board in Little Rock, Arkansas, won a court order requiring that nine African American students be admitted to Central High, a school with 2,000 white students.

Sit in Movement

1960

four young African Americans
Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, and Franklin McCain
Sit at a counter just like the whites

Freedom Riders

1961

travel into the South to draw attention to its refusal to integrate bus terminals.

James Meredith and the Desegregation of Southern Universities

1962

President Kennedy dispatched 500 federal marshals to escort Meredith to the campus.

The March on Washington

1963

Dr. King then delivered a powerful speech outlining his dream of freedom and equality for all Americans.

Voter Registration Among Minorities

1964

Authorized the U.S. attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters, bypassing local officials who often refused to register African Americans.

Urban Problems and the Black Panthers

1965

The Black Panthers believed that a revolution was necessary in the United States, and they urged African Americans to arm themselves and prepare to force whites to grant them equal rights.

Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement

1966

Black Muslims did not advocate violence, but they did advocate self-defense