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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
Formation of NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, -
Malcolm X leads the Nation of Islam
After being released from prison he went to lead Islam -
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery -
Formation of SCLC
an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr, -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
( black students were enrolled in an all white school -
Greensboro Sit-In
four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats -
Formation of SNCC
one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University -
Boynton v. Virginia
The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only" -
First Freedom Ride
Civil rights activists who rode public buses into the deep south -
James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss
A man was denied from Ole Miss for his skin color and took legal action. -
Birmingham Protests
These were protest to bring the struggle ffor integration efforts made by african americans -
March on Washington
A march held and led by African Americans for equal jobs and civil rights -
24th Amendment Passed
this was mad so people would no longer have to pay to vote -
Freedom Summer
volinteer campain to get aferican americans to vote -
Malcolm X assassinated
Before giving his speech in new York Malcom was shot and killed -
Selma March
civil rights marches -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
this outlawed discriminating against voters. -
Black Panthers founded
A black rights activist group -
MLK Jr. assassinated
Civil rights leader shot and killed -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
this helped stop discrimnating against race when you are selling or buying -
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
Presidential runner was shot
