Cilvil Rights timline

By Aiden K
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education
    This Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. This was the start to blacks getting their rights.
  • The Murder of Emmet Till

    The Murder of Emmet Till
    While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till went to the Bryant store with his cousins, and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, kidnapped and brutally murdered Till, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River. This caused many black to become upset and protest for better rights and respect.
  • Rosa Parks- Bus boycott-

    Rosa Parks- Bus boycott-
    On December first Rosa Parks refused to move seats on a bus and was arrested. On December fifth the Bus Boycott begins and lasted 381 days. Martin Luther King emerges as leader of the bus boycott. This was the first large demensrtion of blacks fighting for thier rights.
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    This event started after the bus boycott to organize a protest. Martin Luther King was elected to be the leader of it. He had corinated protest through the south like the Greenbors sitins. After Martin was assassnated the protest declined.
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    This was an event where they were testing Brown Vs Bored of Eduction decision. They picked nine students to undergo this test of going to white schools. They where escorted to class every because whites would hurt them otherwise. The following year all public schools colsed. They reopened August of 1959
  • Greensboro “sit in”

    Greensboro “sit in”
    Four collage students sat down at a lunch counter to be served. They were refused service because of thier skin color. They continued to “sit in” and others joined them. The protest spread out to other towns, this forced change to be made.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in 1960. Student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters across the South. This became the major channel of student participation in the civil rights movement.
  • Freedom riders

    Freedom riders
    2 week bus trip to the deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Jim Crow laws.It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by KKK. Nov 1, white and colored signs are removed from busstations, train stations and lunch counters.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was to advocate for the civil and econome rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincon Memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and gave his "I have a dreams speech! 70-80% of marchers were black, It helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    This act made it so whites can’t refuse black services.
    Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminat against any person on grounds of race,color , religion, sex, physical disability or age in job related matters"
    - Prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or physical disability.
  • March on Selma/Bloody Sunday

    March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
    600 students marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. LBJ ordered the passage of 1965 voting right laws. 2ed March took place March 21-24 days with
    25,000 marchers including MLK.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. This was guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.