Civil Rights Movement Timeline

By pmet
  • Brown v.s. Board of Education

    Brown v.s. Board of Education

    In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The Topeka Brown case is important because it helped convince the Court that even when physical facilities and other "tangible" factors were equal, segregation still deprived minority children of equal educational opportunities.
  • Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

    On December 1, 1951 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. Parks got arrested for this act, but it started a whole movment for the black community. After this event there was a 13-month mass protestnacross the country until U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
  • The Greensboro Sit-in

    The Greensboro Sit-in

    Greensboro sit-in, act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, that began on February 1, 1960. Its success led to a wider sit-in movement leading to many other protest just like this one all across the south. During this event four balck collage students sat at the "whites only" luch counter. This lead to resturants across the south being filled with black people that wanted so sit at these white only counters.
  • The Freedom Rides

    The Freedom Rides

    Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961. They were not just protesting for equality but also to protest segregated bus terminals. As they would pass through some of the most segrigated parts of America, these buses would get lit on fire and then once out and being burned beat to death.
  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. This is when Martin Luther King had his very famous and powerful "I had a dream" speech. The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress.