Martin luther king jr civil rights supporters august 1963

Civil Rights Movement

  • Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling

    Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling

    Segregation in public schools was fund to go against the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    apolitical/social protest against the segregation on public transportation (in this case, buses) in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Little Rock Nine Intervention

    Little Rock Nine Intervention

    A group of African American students enrolled in the previously all white school, Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed

    The bill was signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. It prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, gender, or nationality.
  • Greensboro Sit-In Protest

    Greensboro Sit-In Protest

    a non-violent protest that took place in Greensboro, North Carolina. It led to the ending the segregation and discrimination in the Woolworth Department Store.
  • Integration of Ole Miss Riots

    Integration of Ole Miss Riots

    Riots began at the University of Mississippi has segregationists protested the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran.
  • George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”

    George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”

    this was a symbol of George Wallace's effort to stop desegregation of schools.
  • March on Washington / I Have a Dream Speech

    March on Washington / I Have a Dream Speech

    The March on Washington was a call for equality and freedom for all U.S citizens. The I Have a Dream Speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr, which became one of the most defining and iconic speeches in American History.
  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    a white supremacy terrorist bombing of a baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

    A volunteer campaign in attempt to register as many African Americans as possible.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed

    The law prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, nationality, etc.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

    This law prohibited discriminatory voting practices based on gender, race, religion, nationality, etc.
  • Black Panther Party is formed

    Black Panther Party is formed

    A black power organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton.
  • Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling

    Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling

    Supreme Court banned laws that prohibited interracial marriages violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S Constitution.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated

    James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King in Memphis, Tennessee.