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Plessy v. Ferguson court decision
Plessy v. Ferguson (13/4/1896-18/5/1896) was an American court case that ruled segregation as legal, on the condition that both races had access to equal facilities. -
Brown v. Board of Education decision
Brown v. Board of Education was the American court case that ruled seperate schools for different races as unconstitutional, overturning the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) was a protest in Montgomery, Alabama to stop segregation in the pubic transit system. 3 days after the Browder v. Gayle ruling, on December 17th, 1956 Alabama was ordered to desgegregate public transport. -
Desegregation of Little Rock High School
On September 4th, 1957 9 African Americans attempted to attend Little Rock High School. after being declined access, Martin Luther King wrote to President Dwight D. Eisenhower requesting the 9 students to be allowed to attend Little Rock High School. After a group of NAACP lawyers won a federal district court injunction, the students successfully attended the school on the 23rd of September that year. -
Freedom Rides
In 1961 civil rights activsts would ride buses to the segregated southern United States in attempt to get them to desegregate the public transport system, these people were called freedom riders. -
Malcolm X assassination
Malcolm X has been said to be one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He was a Muslim miniter and a human rights activist. On the 21st of Febuary, 1965 when Malcolm X was preparing to talk to the Organization of Afro-American Unity when a man made a rude remark towards him and then shot him once in the chest. Two other men then stepped forward and shot him with semi-automatic handguns. Malcolm X was pronounced dead at 3:30pm that day. -
Watts Riots
The Watts Riot lasted for 6 days and resulted in more than 40 million dollars worth of property damage, 1032 injuries and 34 deaths. The riot began when Marquette Frye, an African American, was pulled over and arrested by a white patrolman for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination
Born in Atlanta 1925, Martin Luther King, Jr. was an activist and the leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement. On the 4th of April when he was just 39 years old, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray, a fugitive from Missouri State Penitentiary.
