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The Court found that the "law school for negroes" would have been unequal to the University of Texas Law School, made it so that Sweatt was admitted to the University. -
Emmett Till (14 yrs old) is kidnapped and brutally murdered by Roy Bryant and others after being falsely accused of whistling at his wife. -
A Civil Rights Protest In which African Americans refused to take public transportation because of segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Signed by Dwight E. Eisenhower, the act marked the first occasion since reconstruction that the government had done anything to actively protect civil rights. -
Made it so that it was illegal for the state of Arkansas to pass legislation that reverses Brown v. Board of Education ruling (racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional). -
Four students sat down at the Woolworth's In Greensboro, where blacks were refused service. They refused to give up their seats.
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First mass movement in the modern civil rights era, resulted in over 1,000 jailings in Albany and surrounding areas. -
Series of civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, the most segregated city in America. Fire departments were called to put a stop to the demonstrations. -
Largest gathering for civil rights of its time. This March was for jobs and freedom. MLK gave the famous "I have a dream" speech. -
The Influential Civil Rights Activist was shot dead at a hotel in Memphis. This prompted racial outbreaks across the U.S. and lead to many more deaths. -
The supreme court ruled to speed up racial integration by upholding busing programs. -
Announced her presidential bid in 1972 at a Baptist church in Brooklyn, calling for a "bloodless revolution". -
Hank Aaron has hit more home runs than any other player in baseball history, and he also spoke out against pervasive racism in the sport of baseball. Barrier Breaker! -
Barbara Jordan becomes the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address! -
Declared it unconstitutional that colleges base admissions on race.