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A collection of 5 cases, but dubbed "Brown vs. board of education", is now referred to as one of the greatest court desicions of the 20th century, Supreme court justices determined that segregated schools are, in fact, unconstitutional
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On December 1st of 1955, Rosa Parks was ordered by a bus driver to give up her seat to a standing white man. She refused. Within minutes, police officers were there to arrest her. Her story resounded throughout and beyond her community, all accross the country, inspriring civil rights activists
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The first of several civil rights acts supported by Eisenhower, this act paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement. This act aimed to ensure that all African-Americans could vote if they wanted to
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During an attempt to de-segregize high schools, Central high school in Arkansas was federally forced to accept 9 black students. Despite protest and even military resistance from the Arkansas National Guard, the students were protected by the Now-Federalized National Guard
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A bus carrying Freedom Riders is fire-bombed. As the group try to escape, they are met by a large group of crudely armed men
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Paul Guihard, a journalist for the france-press, was murdered while covering the events of the Ole-Miss Riots
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Evers, a WWII Vet and NAACP field worker who worked encouraging blacks to vote was shot by white supremecist Byron De La Beckwith.
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250000 people came together in washington to peacefully protest for schools that aren't racially segregated, and also to grant new job positions to African Americans
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After "They aroused the animosity of white supremacists after he organized a successful black boycott of a variety store in the city of Meridian and led voting registration efforts for African Americans", the 3 young civil rights activists were killed and buried under a dam in Philadelphia, Mississippi
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Reeb, a white clergy, was killed by supremecists after answering Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for a religious clergy in helping with the peaceful civil rights movement
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After being sworn in on Oct. 2 of 1967, Marshall made a name for himself by bringing in fine details of practicality and law into court cases, also bringing respect to the black community
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Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on his balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
