Civil Rights Progress

By mbearda

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    The landmark ruling by the Supreme Court that school segregation is unconstitutional.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Blacks boycotted the Montgomery, Alabama bus system for a year after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat.

  • Little Rock Desegregation

    Little Rock Desegregation
    President Eisenhower sends the National Guard to Little Rock's Central High School to protect nine black students as they desegregate the school.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    Nearly 200,000 people march on Washington, D.C.. MLK gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.

  • Assassination of JFK

    Assassination of JFK
    Kennedy, a supporter of the Civil Rights movement is killed during a parade in Dallas.

  • The Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act
    Legislation is signed by President Johnson that prohibits discrimination in all public places.

  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    Assassination of Malcolm X
    Malcolm X was shot in New York for advocating black pride, a separate black community and using violence as a means of self-defense.

  • Supreme Court Appointment

    Supreme Court Appointment
    Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer who had helped to win Brown v. Board of Education is the first black appointee to the Supreme Court.

  • Assassination of MLK

    Assassination of MLK
    MLK is shot at a motel in Memphis, Tenn and dies leaving the country in shock.