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Brown v. Board of Education {Dec. 9, 1952 - May 17, 1954}
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark court case that ruled that segregation in school was unconstitutional. They also ruled that segregation violated the 14th Amendment. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old boy who was murdered for whistling at a white lady at a grocery store. Two men arrived at his uncle's house, where Emmet was staying. It was said that they took Emmett and beat him to death, before shooting him in the head and throwing him into the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott {Dec. 5, 1955 - Dec. 20, 1956}
Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African American women was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. Montgomery went on a bus boycott, refusing to ride the bus for a year and later the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
September 4, 1957, was the first day of classes at Little Rock Central High School. Governor Orval Faubus called the Arkansas National Gaurd to block the entry of black students. Later that month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into school. The Little Rock Nine were nine students, who were the first black students to attend Little Rock Central High School. Rock Nine attended their first full day of school on September 25. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
The Woolworths sit-in was a protest where 4 young black men sat at a segregated restaurant in Greensboro, NC. They refused to leave until they were served. The sit-in spread throughout colleges throughout the South. Many of the protestors were arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct, and disturbing peace. This forced Woolworths and other restaurants to change their segregation policies. -
Freedom Riders {May 4, 1961 - Dec 10, 1961}
Freedom riders were a group of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in rides throughout the South to protest segregated buses. On May 12, in Rock Hill, 3 freedom riders were attacked while trying to enter a whites-only waiting area. On May 14, 1961, the bus arrived in Alabama and was surrounded by an angry mob of 200 white people. They were followed when the bus tire popped and a bomb was thrown onto the bus. They escaped but were beaten when they got off the bus. -
MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail
The letter from Birmingham Jail was a letter defending MLK's nonviolent actions and encouraging others to do so. -
March on Washington
MLK lead a march protesting the civil and economic rights of African Americans -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
A bomb blew up at the Baptist Church and killed four young girls, which shocked the nation. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment prohibited the use of poll taxes on all citizens in the U.S. -
Civil Rights Act
This act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. -
"Bloody Sunday"/ Selma to Montgomery March
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. State troopers and county possemen attacked the unarmed marchers with billy clubs and tear gas after they passed over the county line, and the event became known as Bloody Sunday. -
Voting Rights Act
This act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War. -
Loving vs. Virginia
The case loving vs Virginia was argued on April 10, 1967, and was decided on June 12, 1967. The case name was Loving vs Virginia. In 1958 two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia. They returned to Virginia and were charged with violating the anti-miscegenation statute, which banned interracial marriages.