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the supreme court decision of plessy v.ferguson
The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." -
the tuskegge airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. -
the integration of major league baseball
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the intergation of the armed forces
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order banning segregation in the Armed Forces. -
the supreme court decision of sweatt v. painter
The Supreme Court ruled that in states where public graduate and professional schools existed for white students but not for black students, black students must be admitted to the all-white institutions, and that the equal protection clause required Sweatt's admission to the University of Texas School of Law. -
the supreme court decision of brown v. board of education
that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
the montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States. -
the death of emmitt till
Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store -
the intergation of the little rock high school
The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, gained national attention on September 3, 1957, when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. -
the civil rights act of 1957
established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
the greenboro four lunch counter sit-in
The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service. -
the freedom rides by freedom riders of 1961
student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality CORE launched the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. -
the inetergation of the university of mississippi
the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
the twenty-fourth amendment
Twenty-fourth Amendment, amendment (1964) to the Constitution of the United States that prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election. -
the march on washington & 'i have a dream" speech by mlk
I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. -
the inetergation of the university of alabama
President John F. Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. -
the assassination of john f kennedy in dallas texas
By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election. -
the civil rights act of 1964 signed by president johnson
prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. -
the assassion of malcolm X
Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement -
the selma to montgomery march:"bloody sunday"
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama -
the voting rights act of 1965
law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right -
the assassination of martin luther king jr in memphis tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m. -
the voting acts of 1968
The 1968 act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and since 1974