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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. The main goal was to help stop discrimination in housing, voting, education, and transportation. -
Scottsboro Boys
nine African Americans were charged with rape, when they hadn't done it. -
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. This event was a major step toward the world's racial equality. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This act declared there was no segregation in schools; it was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement. This created the saying separate but equal. -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
Emmit TIll had whistled at a younger white women and was murder bye two men and kidnapped by them. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Bus Boycott was a Civil rights protest when African Americans refused to ride the city bus. It began after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. -
The Little Rock 9
9 African Americans got the opportunity to join a school and they had to go through a lot with name-calling and really racist sayings towards them. There were ten of them and the young lady didtn know that they had a ride there so she had walked through a crowd of white rasict people and they yelled at her and called her names making her turn around and go home -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans
Ruby was a six-year-old African American, the first African American to attend Elementary school. Ruby was allowed to attend due to court orders. -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr wrote this letter while he was imprisoned at Birmingham Jail, responding to the state. MLK points out the racism in the city, and MLK argues that denying justice to one person threatens justice to all people. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stopped segregation and discrimination in the United States, including race, sex, color, sex, and religion -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a part of the Civil Rights Movement, he was assassinated in New York in the Audubon Ballroom. He was shot at the age of 39, my three men, apart from the Nation Isla, and were convicted of murder and were imprisoned. -
Creation of the Black Panthers
This was named the Black Panthers for self-defense. The goal of this group was to help protect African Americans from police brutality and achieve economic equality. -
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.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Civil rights activist. Martin was in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when he was shot at 6:01 pm and was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm. -
Election of Barack Obama
Barack Obama was elected president when he ran on the democratic side with Joseph Biden, and on the Republican side was John McCain.