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The U.S. supreme court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites.
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U.S. supreme court unanimous decision that overturned the "seperate but equal" doctrine in schools.
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Emmet Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi
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Rosa refused to give up her seat on Montgomery bus and gets arrested.
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People boycotted to not take the bus because of Rosa Parks incident.
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9 brave african american students test the new law that lets them go to white schools
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4 black college students sat in a all whites lunch counter in order to protest the store
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Freedom riders ride begin their bus ride to the south to protest segregation.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.”
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More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law.
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A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests.
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Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis.
