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Brown v. Board
It was a case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The case unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States. -
Mississippi Trial "Emmett Till Case"
He was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Parks Boycott
Rosa Parks sat near the middle of the bus, just behind the 10 seats reserved for whites. Soon all of the seats in the bus were filled. When a white man entered the bus, the driver (following the standard practice of segregation) insisted that all four blacks sitting just behind the white section give up their seats so that the man could sit there. Mrs. Parks, who was an active member of the local NAACP, quietly refused to give up her seat. -
First black student to enroll in the University of Mississippi
James Meredith was the first black student in the university of Mississippi. He was an American civil rights movement figure, a writer, and a political adviser. His aim was to convince the Kennedy administration to enforces civil rights for african-american people, -
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation
On 16 April 1963, city officials issued a court injunction to prohibit the civil rights marches that were going on in Birmingham. Not to beaten, King lead a peaceful march and was arrested along with his fellow marchers. King was placed in solitary confinement for eight days and wrote the famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail" . -
Martin Luther King jr. public speech "I have a dream"
It was a speech by the famous american civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. It happened during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
Malcolm X shot to death
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom when someone in the 400-person audience yelled "Nigger! Get your hand outta my pocket!"As Malcolm X and his bodyguards attempted to quiet the disturbance, a man seated in the front row rushed forward and shot him once in the chest with a double-barreled sawed-off shotgun.Two other men charged the stage and fired semi-automatic handguns, -
Martin Luther king jr. Assassination
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. -
1968 Olympics Black Power salute
The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute was an act of protest by the African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. As they turned to face their flags and hear the American national anthem, they each raised a black-gloved fist and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. Smith, Carlos and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets. -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States.
