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Executive Order 9981
Harry Truman issues this order to end segregation in the armed forces. -
Brown v. Board of Education(b)
This case effectively ends segregation in public schools, but many schools decide to stay segregated. -
Limited Integration to Central(b)
Little Rock school board adopts plan to have limited integration of Central High. -
Emmett Till Kidnapped
A boy named Emmett Till is kidnapped and murdered in Money Mississippi, creating lots of uproar from the anti-segregationists, because they thought his death was for nothing. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This starts the Montgomery bus boycott. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks stands her ground on a bus, a boycott sparks in which black people refuse to ride city buses. -
Schools Must Integrate(b)
The NAACP files suit and forces integration. Eighty -five percentage of the people in Arkansas are against integration. -
Little Rock Nine(b)
The nine people who signed up to go to Central High School learn they will start in the fall term. -
Faubus Calls in National Guard(b)
Governer Faunus uses the National Guard to block the integrating students from entering school. -
Central High School Integration
Nine students integrate Central High School in Arkansas, they are met with harassment and insults. Eventually, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to protect them. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Helps protect voter rights. Allows prosecution of people who affect someone's rights to vote. -
U.S. Court Summons Served on Governer(b)
Eisenhower agrees to give Faunus a ten day respite to sort out his response. -
101st Airborne(b)
The 101st Airborne is called in to enforce integration. -
Faubus is Accused(b)
FBU director J. Edgar Hoover accuses Faubus of disseminating falsehoods that students were held for hours of questioning. -
Melba is Attacked(b)
Melba has acid sprayed in her face. Danny, her body guard, washes it out of her eyes and saves her from going blind. -
Airborne Starts Leaving(b)
Half of the 101st soldiers leave Little Rock -
Minnijean is Suspended(b)
Minnijean is suspended after she drops chili on two boys. This gave a segregationists a boost and they campaigned even harder. -
Melba is Saved By a White Boy(b)
When Melba was being chased by her attackers, a white boy, Link, lets her use his car to get away. This starts a friendship. -
Students Talk(b)
"They bother you all the time." Says student. Minnijean explains all the pressure she's under. -
Minnijean is Expelled(b)
Minnijean is Expelled from Central after a forty minutes hearing. This is a devastating defeat for anti-segregationists. -
First Diploma(b)
Ernest Green is the first black person to receive a diploma from Central High School. -
College Students Start Sitting In
Four college students spark a sit-in when they sit at the whites counter and demand to be served. -
March on Washington
Approximately 250,000 people march on Washington. This is when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gives the famous "I have a dream" speech. -
Church in Alabama is Bombed
A bomb at a church in Alabama kills four girls and injures many others. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Black religious leader Malcolm X is Assassinated during a rally by members of the Nation of Islam. -
Selma to Montgomery March
In the Selma to Montgomery March, around 600 civil rights marchers walk to Selma, Alabama to Montgomery—the state’s capital—in protest of black voter suppression. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. is Assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray is convicted of the murder in 1969. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, providing equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin.
