Civil Rights Project

Brown vs. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional,

Emmett Till Murder

Jun 28, 1955

He was visiting family in Money, Mississippi, and the 14-year-old, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for "allegedly" flirting with a white woman.

Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 5, 1955

Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a caucasian passenger on a city bus. She refused to move to give her seat to a non-coloured rider, she was taken to jail and she was later bailed out by a local civil rights leader.

The Little Rock Nine and Integration

Sep 3, 1957

Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school.