civil rights timeline

  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    Plessy vs Ferguson

    legalized segration - seperate but equal
  • The sit-ins

    The sit-ins

    CORE did first peaceful sit-in protest
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    1 year protest of riding buses by African Americans
  • Brown v Board of Ed

    Brown v Board of Ed

    school desegration
  • Little Rock School Integration

    Little Rock School Integration

    school desegratation crisis
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    eliminated literacy tests to qualify to vote