Blackpanther

Civil Rights

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  • Brown vs Board

    Brown vs Board
    Seperate but equal is decided not okay, and segregation in schools is ceased, but many people do not approve, especially in the south.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks is arrested for riding in the front of the bus. The civil rights issue is becoming more relevant and this is also the serious beginning of the civil rights movement.

  • Arkansas school

    Arkansas school
    Arkansas governor Fabrus calls in the National Guard to turn away nine African American students from going to school after Brown vs Board.

  • The Freedom Riders

    The Freedom Riders
    Two buses begin there travels through the south in the segregated area. On May 4th, the freedom riders are beaten badly by hostile crowds waiting for them.

  • MLK

    MLK
    Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famed "I have a dream" speech in Washington D.C. People are beginning to realize the positive effect of getting rid of segregation, but the south is not as happy.

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X
    Malcolm X, a very extreme activist for Black Power is assassinated by three men. He believed violence was the answer and had a very different take on the civil rights situation that Martin Luther King Jr.

  • MLK dead

    MLK dead
    Martin Luther King Jr., the most influential civil rights activist is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. After his death, the civil rights movement is just not the same, but is better because of him.