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Plessy vs Ferguson
Court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that "separate out equal" facilities were constitutional. -
Founding of the NAACP
Du Bois joined Jane Addams and other reformers in forming the NAACP. Blacks & whites were fighting for equal rights for African-Americans -
Jackie Robinson integrates baseball
Jackie Robinson was signed to play baseball. -
The Military integrates
President Truman was committed to civil rights. So, in 1948, he ordered the integration of all units of the armed forces. As a result, African-Amercans and white soldiers fought side by side. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
The United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The Court’s unanimous decision overturned provisions of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had allowed for “separate but equal” public facilities, including public schools in the United States. Declaring that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
The murder of Emmett Till
He was a black student in Mississippi who was hurt and later murdered for giving the look to a white girl. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks in Montogomery,Alabama sat in the colored section of the bus. The bus was getting full and the bus driver asked Parks to give up her seat. She refusedto and was arrested. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock school board made a plan of no segregation. Nine African-Americans were to attend Central High School with a national guard to avoid the angry student mob. -
Greensboro Sit-in
Four African-American students sat down at a "whites" only counter and ordered coffee in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Freedom Rides
This was a group of African-Americans and white people who's goal was to test a recent Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in Interstate travel. -
Birmingham Children's March
In, Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African-American children were peacefully protesting through Birmingham. Police used every dangerous against them. Americans were horrified by this. -
March On Washington
After Birmingham, Kennedy sent Congress a strong bill. To focus attention to this, civil right leaders had a march with 250,000 citizens. -
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Pushed hard by Johnson, It banned discrimanation in public facilities and employment. -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. -
Selma March
King staged a mass protest from Selma to Montgomery, the state captial to bring out the issue of voting rights. Hundreds of people followed him. But, police where there trying to stop it. It was a mess and Americans saw it all on the news. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
After the Selma March, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It banned literacy tests and other barriers to African-American voting. -
Watts Riots
The Watts Riot, which raged for six days and resulted in more than forty million dollars worth of property damage. The riot spurred from an incident when Marquette Frye was pulled over and arrested by Lee W. Minikus, a white California Highway Patrolman, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
