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Plessey vs. Ferguson
Supreme Court approves of separate but equal. Segregation is legalized. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessey decision was undone. Public Schools in the South were unsegregated. -
Rosa Parks is Arrested
Rosa Parks, the current NAACP secretary, was arrested from refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Started boycotts led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine successfully enter a local high school. Blocked by the national guard and multiple mobs. The students had to be escorted by federal troopers. -
Sit-In Movement Begins
Four black students sit at a whites-only lunch counter to peacefully protest. Soon joined by wade-ins at pools, read-ins at libraries, or kneel-ins at churches. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Rider rode interstate buses to desegregate to bus system. Caused by the Supreme Court's inability to inforce decisions. -
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. makes his famous I have a dream speech. He spoke in front of the Lincoln Memorial to symbolize freedom. -
Civil Rigts Act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act. It prohibited racial inequality. -
Assassinaton of a Hero
On this day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He was shot while sitting on the balcony of his room in a Memphis hotel.