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Plessy V. Ferguson
Homer Plessy was arrested in 1892 for sitting on a white's only coach. In 1896 the court ruled in favor of Feerguson. -
Founding of NAACP
Nantional Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by WEB Du Bois and Jane Addams to get equal rights. -
Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball
Jackie Robinson was signed onto the Brooklyn Dodgers by Branch Rickley. Jackie was not accepted very well, however he gained popularity through his skill. -
Military Integration
President Truman ordered integration of the military during the Korean War through executive order 9981. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Brown sued the Board of Education because his daughter had to travel a long way to go to a rundown school for African Americans. -
Murder of Emmet Till
Black kid was killed for flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat so a white man could sit. -
Little Rock Nine
King send a telegram to President Eisenhower for federal government to take a strong stand in the Little Rock, Arkansas. This would allow students to enter the Central High school by removing National Guard that had been posted by the Governor to prevent African-American students from entering Central High School. -
Greensboro Sit-in
Four African-American students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat a white only lunch counter inside Greensboro, NC Woolworth's store. This sit-in catalyzed a wave of non-violent protest against private sectore segregation in the unites states. -
Freedom Rides
Seven African-Americans and six whites left Washington D.C. on two public buses bound for the deep south. They wanted to test the supreme court ruling inBoyaton v. Virginia which declared segregation in interstate bus and rail stations unconstitutional. -
Birmingham Chldrens March
Thousands of children left their schools in Birmingham Alabama to march for civil rights. Police officers responded by using water canons and dogs to attack and then arrest the children. -
March On Washington
More than 200,000 demonstrators took part in March on Washington for jobs and freedon in the nation's capitol. The march was successful in pressuring John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in congress. -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or nation origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at workplace and facilities that served general public. -
Malcolm X assassinated
In New York city, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader was assassinated by rival black Muslims while addressing his organization of African American unity in Washington Heights. -
Selma March
Martin Luther King led thousands of non-violent demonstrators to capitol in Montgomery Alabama after a 5 day 54 mile march from Selma, Alabama where local African Americans had been campaigning for voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson aimed to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under 15th Amendment. -
Watts Riots
In a predominantly African-American Watts area of LosAngeles, racial tension reached a breaking point after a scuffle between police officers and a supposedly African-American motorist. A riot soon was spurred by Watts residents over a 50 square mile area of South Central LA looting stores, torching buildings and beating whites as snipers fired at police and firefighters.
