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