-
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed to move the civil rights struggle into the courts. -
A white mob attacked the affluent "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, destroying the community. -
Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of a crime in Alabama, and their subsequent trials became a landmark in the fight against legal injustice. -
Robinson became the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
The Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" education was unconstitutional. -
The brutal killing of 14-year-old Till in Mississippi and his mother’s decision to have an open-casket funeral shocked the nation. -
Triggered by Rosa Parks, this year-long protest ended segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama -
Nine students integrated Central High School in Arkansas under the protection of federal troops. -
At age six, Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans. -
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote this eloquent defense of nonviolent civil disobedience while incarcerated. -
The site of Dr. King’s "I Have a Dream" speech, calling for economic and civil rights. -
Landmark legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. -
The influential minister and human rights activist was killed in New York City in February. -
Signed into law to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented Black citizens from exercising their right to vote. -
Founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale to monitor police activities and provide social programs in Black communities. -
Marshall, who argued Brown v. Board, became the first Black justice on the nation's highest court. -
Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to a period of national mourning and unrest.