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The supreme court declared segregation to be constitutional.
This was declared in Plessy v. Ferguson, in this was established the separate but equal policy. -
Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
Segregation in public schools was deemed unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks stayed sitting.
She was told to get up when a white man wanted her seat, but she did not. -
Little Rock Nine
Eisenhower sent troops to insure integration of Little Rock High School. -
Woolworth's Sit In
Four African American college student went into a white deli, and sat down for their right to be treated as equals, and sit at the front counter like while people did. -
Freedom Riders
African American and white volunteers got on school buses, and headed South. Some buses were met with angry white mobs. -
Wallace stood in front of two black students right to education.
Federal Marshals had to order Governor George Wallace from standing in from of the admissions office, to stop two black students from entering. -
The March on Washington, D.C. is held.
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Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
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The civil rights act of 1968 was passed.
