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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.
unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation. The decision overturns the 1896 Plessy vim -
Montgomery Bus Boycots
Rosa Parks began the Montgomery Bus Boycott by standing up to the white passenger on a bus who told her to sit in the back. She refused and many rallied to support her. This went on for 381 days in Alabama. -
Little Rock Central High School desegregated
After Little Rock school board votes to integrate schools, National Guard troops prevent black children from attending school. 1000 federal paratroopers are needed to escort black students and preserve peace. Arkansas Gov. Faubus responds by closing schools for 1958-59 school year -
Viajeros de la libertad
fueron unos activistas por los derechos civiles de Estados Unidos que, en 1961 y años subsiguientes, comenzaron un periplo en autobuses interestatales por el Sur de Estados Unidos para desafiar el incumplimiento de las sentencias de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos: Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1946) y Boynton v. Virginia (1960)1 que dictaminaban que los autobuses públicos segregados eran inconstitucionales -
James Meredith
becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and riots surrounding the incident cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops. -
Medgar Evers murdered
Medgar evers murdered Head of Mississippi NAACP is shot outside his home on the same night that Pres. Kennedy addresses the nation on race, asking "Are we to say to the world...that this is a land of the free except for Negroes" -
(Greensboro, N.C.) Four black students
(Washington, D.C.) About 200,000 people join the March on Washington. Congregating at the Lincoln Memorial, participants listen as Martin Luther King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech -
John F. Kennedy
assesination jhon kennedyassassination Jhon keneddy1917-1963), the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, United States 12:30 Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC). Kennedy was mortally wounded by gunshots while riding in the presidential car in the Plaza Dealey.1 2 It was the fourth US president. UU. -
Mississippi Summer Freedom Project
Civil rights workers seek to register blacks to vote. 3 are killed and many black homes and churches are burned. National outrage helps pass civil rights legislation -
Civil Rights Act passed
Overcoming Senate filibuster, Congress passes law forbidding racial discrimination in many areas of life, including hotels, voting, employment, and schools -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Rejecting integration and nonviolence, Malcolm splits off from Elijah Muhammad's Black Muslims and is killed by black opponents -
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
(Oakland, Calif.) The militant Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King assassination videoA finales de marzo de [1968], para apoyar a los trabajadores negros de los sanitarios públicos, , 12 de marzo para lograr aumentar el sueldo de los negros y lograr un mejor trato. (Por ejemplo, los trabajadores afro-estadounidenses, a diferencia de los blancos, no se les pagaba cuando eran enviados a sus casas debido al mal tiempo. -
President Reagan's
veto, Congress passes the Civil Rights Restoration Act, which expands the reach of non-discrimination laws within private institutions receiving federal funds. -
President Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act
Después de dos años de debates, vetos, y amenazados vetos, el presidente Bush invierte la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1991 él y signos, el fortalecimiento de las leyes existentes sobre derechos civiles y la disponibilidad de los daños en los casos de discriminación intencional en el empleo.
