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Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Plessy vs. Ferguson was a case about a colored man riding in a white bus and was arrested for violating the law ended saying that separate but equal was constitutional. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown vs. Board of Education ended segregation in schools saying that separate but equal was unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat to a white man. She started the Montgomery bus boycott which later ended on November 13, 1956 ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional. -
March on Washington and I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. led 200,000 people on what is now known as the March on Washington in D.C and then gave his I Have a Dream speech at the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Brimingham Bombing
A bomb exploded in a church in Birmingham, Alabama leaving four African American girls dead and many injured. -
Civil Rights Act
July 2, 1964President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which ended segregation and banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X (a civil Right activist) is assassinated by a gunman in New York. -
March for Voting Rights
Martin Luther King Jr. led some 2,000 people on a march from Selma to Montgomery for African American Voting Rights; this Lead to the passing on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which allowed African Americans to vote. -
Watts Riot
A riot breaks out in Watts, Los Angeles leaving 34 dead and a thousand injured. The trigger was the arrest Marquette Frye. -
Thurgood Marshall Becomes Justice in Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall became the first African American justice on the Supreme Court. He was very instrumental because he guided the destruction of the Jim Crow laws. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther king Jr. was assassinated on a balcony of a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Rodney King Beating and the LA Riots
Rodney King is brutally beaten by four L.A.P.D officers. After a three month trial, the police officers are found innocent. This sparked violent into the citizens, leading into the Los Angeles riots. -
First African American President
Barack Obama is the first African American to become president of the United States of America. He was re-elected to be president in 2012. -
NBA Owner Makes Racist Comments
Donald Sterling, owner of the Clippers is caught making racist comments. He is then banned from the NBA.
