Modern Civil Rights Timeline

By oliviah.hines
  • Creation of the NAACP

    Creation of the NAACP

    This event was a big part of the movement, it helped to fight and spread the word for equality for African Americans.
  • Scottsboro Boys

    Scottsboro Boys

    The term "Scottsboro Boys" pertains to nine African American teenagers wrongfully charged with rape in Alabama in 1931.
  • Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

    Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

    Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Jackie was the first African American to join Major League Baseball in the modern era.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education

    This act declared no segregation in schools; it was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement.
  • The Murder of Emmitt Till

    The Murder of Emmitt Till

    The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Bus Boycott was a Civil rights protest when African Americans refused to ride the bus. It began after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.
  • The Little Rock 9

    The Little Rock 9

    Nine African American students entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They walked through a mob yelling insults.
  • Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans

    Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans

    Ruby was a six-year-old African American girl, the first of her race to enroll in Elementary school. Her attendance was permitted because of a court order
  • Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    Martin Luther King Jr wrote this letter while imprisoned at Birmingham Jail, responding to the state. MLK points out the racism in the city
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stopped segregation and discrimination in the United States
  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    Assassination of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X was a part of the Civil Rights Movement, he was assassinated in New York in the Audubon Ballroom.
  • Creation of the Black Panthers

    Creation of the Black Panthers

    This was named the Black Panthers for self-defense. The goal was to help protect African Americans from police brutality and achieve economic equality.
  • Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice

    Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice

    Thurgood was nominated by President Lyndon B. Thurgood was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Civil rights activist. Martin was in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennesee when he was shot
  • Election of Barack Obama

    Election of Barack Obama

    Presidential elections took place in the United States on November 4, 2008. The Democratic of Barack Obama, a junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, a senior senator from Delaware, won against the Republican duo of John McCain.