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Civil Rights Timeline

By evelyn.zett

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    The 1946 "Separate but Equal" standard was overturned.
    Involved 2nd grader Linda Brown and NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall. The school of subject was in Topeka, Kansas.
    Argued because Linda had to walk much farther away to attend a black school instead of attending the nearby white school: Started the 'beginning of the end' of integration.

  • The Freedom Riders

    The Freedom Riders
    The Freedom Riders were activists who stood up to the segregated public transit in the South. These Freedom Rides were

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbid segregation in public places. It was proposed by JFK & passed by Lyndon Johnson after being pressured by protesters and Martin Luther King Jr during the March on Washington D.C. This legally put an end to racial segregation, discrimination, and inequality.