-
Brown vs. Board of Education
Ended legal segregation in public schools. -
Emmett Till
Boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman in 1955. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to give up seat
After a hard day of work, Rosa Parks refused to give her seat away to a white man. This caused an uproar and skyrocketed the civil rights protests. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of African american students enroll at little rock central high school in 1957. -
Woolworth sit-ins
Franklin McCain refused to leave "white only" restaurant and thereby pushed forward the civil rights of blacks. -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. -
Freedom Rides
ivil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. -
"Bull" uses Water hoses on Blacks
The Birmingham campaign was a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. Police and "bull" used high-pressure water jets and police attack dogs on the children and bystanders. -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
An open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr. defending the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
March on Washington
One of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. -
Murders
Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner were American civil rights workers who were shot by members of the Ku Klux Klan on the night of june 21st 1964 -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits discrimination in voting. -
Los Angeles Race Riots
Also known as the Watts Riots or Watts Rebellion was a race riot that took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 17, 1965 -
Malcolm X assassinated
Human rights activists Malcolm x was assassinated. -
Executive Order 11246
Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965, it established the requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. -
Black Panthers
Black Panthers was a black revolutionary socialist organization in the United States founded in October 15, 1966. -
Loving vs. Virginia
A landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. -
MLK is assassinated
Leader of the civil rights activists MLK also known as Martin Luther King jr. was assassinated on april 4th, 1968. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin and made it a federal crime to “by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone -
Bloody Sunday
Protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army. -
Los Angeles Race Riots
Series of riots, lootings, arsons and civil disturbance that occurred in Los Angeles County.
