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The supreme Court ruled in favor of the boycotters of the Mongomery Bus Lines and the busses were fully integrated.
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Rosa Parks was an African american woman who was on the bus in Montgomery on December 1, 1955. She was told to move to the back of the bus and she refused. She was arrested for not standing in the back.
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Seven African american men and six white activist known as the freedom riders, go to the rigidly segregate deep south to test Boynton vs. Virginia.
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Civil rights activist take part in a series of protest in November meetings and marches in Georgia called the Albany movement.
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Riot over the first black student attending Mississippi State. Marshalls had to go to ensure James Meridith's safety.
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Police arrest Martin Luther for demonstrating in the city without a permit.
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Martin writes a letter from jail where he famously responds to ministers who begged him to stop protest and just wait for judicial to take over.
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Martin does his "I have a Dream" speech
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President Kennedy is assassinated, but his successor uses the country's anger to pass the civil rights legislation.
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Congress passes the civil rights movement that bans discrimination in public and employment.
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Martin Luther King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
