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Supreme Court ruled separate-but-equal facilities
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent African-American civil rights activist and journalist in the United States. He was the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1955 to 1977. -
Highlander Folks school 25th anniversery
Between 1932 and 1962, the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, provided a valuable training ground for two generations of southern labor organizers and Civil Rights activists. -
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer and activist, best known for his work as adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s and '60s. -
United State Supreme Court decided a case that changed the course of American history
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
Emmitt Till
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Little Rock
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
four black college students sat down at a “whites-only”
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
Georgia Tech integration
To avoid the civil unrest that attended the University of Georgia's court-ordered desegregation, officials at Georgia Tech began plotting an integration strategy in January 1961. -
Freedom Rides sought
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
Albany Movement
This movement protested the segregation policies in Albany, Ga. Many groups took part in the Albany movement, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), local activists and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). -
martin luther king
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Selma to Montgomery marches
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Bloody Sunday
This march went down in history as Bloody Sunday for the violent beatings state troopers inflicted on protesters as they attempted to march peacefully from Selma, Ala., to the state capital, Montgomery. -
President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Chicago Freedom Movement
The Chicago Open Housing Movement, also called the Chicago Freedom Movement, was formed to protest segregated housing, educational deficiencies, and employment and health disparities based on racism -
Black Panther
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
Vietnam War Opposition
Many groups and individuals vehemently opposed the Vietnam War in the massive peace movement of the 1960s and '70s. King compared the antiwar movement to the civil rights movement and denounced U.S. involvement in a series of speeches, rallies and demonstrations -
Poor People’s Campaign
The goal of the Poor People’s Campaign was to gain more economic and human rights for poor Americans from all backgrounds. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
Memphis sasination workers strike
Longstanding tensions between disgruntled African American sanitation workers and Memphis city officials erupted on February 12, 1968 when nearly one thousand workers refused to report to work demanding higher wages, safer working conditions, and recognition of their union, local 1733 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
