The Civil Rights Movement

By rmaloney387

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    US Supreme Court rules that school segregation is unconstitutional. This overruled Plessy v. Ferguson.

  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Black teenager found dead after flirting with a white woman. All white jury acquits suspected white murderers.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    African Americans boycott the public bus system of Montgomery, Alabama after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat.

  • Little Rock Desegregation

    President Eisenhower sends the National Guard to Little Rock High School to protect nine African-American students as they desegregate the school.

  • Sit-In Campaigns

    Students across the United States stage sit-ins to protest segregation in restaurants.

  • Freedom Rides

    Volunteers in Southern states travel by bus to desegregate bus terminals.

  • Birmingham Protests

    Martin Luther King is thrown in jail, writes his "Letters from Birmingham Jail" advocating non-violence

  • March on Washington

    Nearly 200,000 people march on Washington D.C. for Martin Luther Kings "I have a dream" speech

  • The Civil Rights Act

    President Johnson signs legislation prohibiting discrimination in all public places

  • Voting Rights Act

    African-American voting registration triples after banning literacy tests and poll taxes.

  • Supreme Court Appointment of Thurgood Marshall

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States of America

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. is shot at his motel room in Memphis Tennessee. Leaves the United States in shock.