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Social Security
This amendment established a federal-state program to help permanently and disabled people. -
Henderson v. United States
On May 17, 1942, Elmer W. Henderson, a Negro passenger.He was declined a seat in the dining cart and throughout his very long journey and did not recieve any food. He complained to the US Supreme Court. It did not rule with the 'Seperate but equal' constitution and was one of many racist situations. -
Linda Brown
An 8-year-old girl living in Topeka, Kansas, traveled by bus to a distant school for African-American students,. She was within walking distance from the school but only white people could walk to school. This is due to segregation policies in the school districts. Linda Brown’s father sued the state school board.The United States Supreme Court agrees to hear this case. -
South Carloina
Their governor James Byrnes supposted a three cent sales tax for education, to mostly improve Afriacn-American schools, his hopes were to avoid integration. -
lynching
This was the first year since 1881 without a lynching. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wins the presidential election. -
Monteagle, Tennessee
In Monteagle, Tennessee, the Highlander Folk School in runs different kinds of workshops that taught us how to organize protests for people like union organizer. The school invites civil rights workers. -
Earl Warren
Is sworn in as the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, launching a period of unpredictable judicial activism promoting civil rights. -
Brown v. Board
The Supreme Court confirms school segregation unconstitutional in its ruling of Topeka, Kansas -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr, becomes a minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery. About a year later, on the first day of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, he was named president of the Montgomery Improvement Association,this made him a national civil rights figure. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The blacks of Montgomery, Alabama decided they would boycott the city buses so they could sit wherever on the bus. -
Rosa Parks
Jailed for not moving to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Because of her the buses were desegragated on December 21, 1956. -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
the Supreme Court upholds an Alabama district court ruling in favor Montgomery Bus Boycotts. -
Autherine Lucy
In order of the court the first African American student was admitted in the University of Alabama. Her name was Autherine Lucy, but then they found legal rights to keep her from attending. -
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth established the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference). This became a major part in organizing the civil rights movement. -
Central High School
Nine black students are blocked from entering the all-white Central High School. President Eisenhower sends troops and National Guard to help the students. -
Cooper v. Aaron
The Supreme Court's ruling, Cooper v. Aaron, that a threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation. -
“Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”
Dr. Martin Luther King published his first book “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.” During signing he got stabbed in the chest by Izola Ware Curry. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. joins a student sit-in at a whites only restaurant in an Atlanta department on Oct. 19 -
Desegregation
Prince Edward County, Virginia reacts to school desegregation with a resistance policy.
