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In Plessy vs. Ferguson, the court ruled "separate but equal". This ruled racial segregation as constitutional in the United States.
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Overturned racist "separate but equal" ruling in public schools. This meant that any African American student was legally allowed to attend any school they wished.
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A 14 year old African American boy was brutally beat and murdered by two white men for supposedly whistling at a white woman.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on the Montgomery city bus. She was arrested for this act.
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This was a protest against all public transportation due to the racial segregation.
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MLK was arrested in Birmingham. He said Alabama was one of the most racist states.
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Little Rock 9 enter central high school while federal troops oversee citizens. As they were walking into the school, people were screaming at them and trying to fight the kids.
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Whites and blacks ride a public bus through the South to protest segregation.
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4 college students sat at a booth at an all white restaurant to protest racial segregation.
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Over 250,000 people march alongside MLK jr. to demand immediate passage to the civil rights bill. It was also to demand equal payment, rights, and freedoms for African Americans.
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In 1964 segregation in public facilities and banned employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin.
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The march of Selma was to fight for voting rights. African Americans marched from Selma to Montgomery.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Voting Rights Act into law which outlawed literacy tests to be performed.
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Power group; forming the black panthers. This was organized to provide protection and self-defense for African Americans.
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The civil rights leader and icon was fatally shot, by James Earl Ray, in Tennessee. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital where he passed away at 7:05 pm.
