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Seperate but Equal
In 1948 Truman signed the Executive order 9981 which said that the states may be seperate but equal. When that happened evrything became seperate but it wasn't equal. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown vs. Board of Education made the white children and african american come together into 1 school and that made the white children not go to school because they didn't want to be in the same school as the african american children. -
Emmett Till
On his way to Mississippi to visit family Emmett Till was kidnapped and bruttally beaten, shot, and dumped in a river because he allegedly wistled at a white woman. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a great person during the Civil Rights Movement because she did not give up her seat in the front of a bus to a white man. Since she did not give up her seat to a white man she was arrested. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which became a major force in organizing the civil rights movement. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine is when 9 african american kids went to a all white school but they were bloked from entering by rule of the govenor. -
The Sit In
In 1960s, 4 african americans began a sit in at a segrigated lunch counter. -
The SNCC
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) is founded at Shaw University, providing young blacks with a place in the civil rights movement. -
Bus Rides Through the South
In the Spring and Summer, student volunteers began taking bus trips through the south to test out new laws that stop segragation in interstate travel facilities including buses and trains. -
James Meredith
James Meredith became the first student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for an anti-segregation protest . Then he wrote, from his jail sell in Birmingham Alabama, that people should not have to follow unreasonable laws. -
I Have A Dream
During the march to Washington about 200,000 people joined Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincon memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I have a dream speech. -
Bomb On The Church
Many white people put a bomb in the church where many african american children went for sunday school and religous classes. During the bombing 4 little girls died. -
Raceist People Become Wild
Race riots erupt in a black section of Los Angeles. -
Martin Luther King Jr. dies
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room. Martin Luther was only 39 when he died. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 stopping upsets in sales, rental, and financing of housing. -
Rosa Parks Dies
Rosa Parks dies at the age of 92.
