Civil Rights Timeline

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    Civil Rights Movement

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court (with the agreement of all people) ruled that public schools for african-americans and americans were unconstitutional. Supreme Court said that "separating educational facilities are inherently unequal".
  • Emmett Till's Death

    Emmett Till's Death

    After reportedly flirting with an american woman, Till was kidnapped, brutally beaten, and shot in the head by the woman's husband and brother. This act showed most of America the racial hatred that was going on in the South.
  • Emmett Till

    Emmett Till

    On this day Emmett Till, a 14 year old african american teenager was brutally murdered after reportedly flirting with an american women.
  • Rosa Parks Refusal

    Rosa Parks Refusal

    In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in the american bus area when all the seats are full. Her act was not the first to resist bus segregation.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    On this day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the american first half seats of the bus, her act was an act of resisting bus segregation.
  • Show Down

    Show Down

    Nine african-american teenagers tried to enroll in a american high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their action caused one of the most important battles of the Civil Rights movement.
  • Freedom Fighters

    Freedom Fighters

    In Nashville, young college students face arrest to bring out the injustices of segregation. A small group called Freedom Riders attempted to expose segregation in bus stations across the south.
  • Stand Offs

    Stand Offs

    After an African-American tried to enroll at the University of Mississippi, many people began to riot against marshals. 8 months later, governor George Wallace personally blocked the door of the University of Alabama to African-American students.
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    On this day Martin Luther King Jr. gaved his very important and most inspirational speech about civil rights.
  • Bombing at Birmingham Church

    Bombing at Birmingham Church

    On September 15, a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the Baptists Church. Four young girls were killed and many people were injured.
  • Important Event

    Important Event

    Over the summer, young college students arrive in Mississippi to register african-americans to vote. Later on 3 volunteers disappear, the public does not take it well, this attitude helps lead to the Civil Rights Act.
  • We Shall Overcome

    We Shall Overcome

    Marchers were trying to get Selma to Montgomery were confronted by Alabama state troopers. In effect, that day was called Bloody Sunday.
  • Father's Birthday

  • Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali

    He was banned from boxing after refusing to join the army. He had the choice to joing the army or to go to jail, he said that there was another choice, justice.
  • Mother's Birthday

  • Gissele's Birthday

    Gissele's Birthday