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Brown v. Board of Education
This was the day the court case was decided. The case desegregated schools. At the beginning schools were trying to find ways to work around this ruling. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was the first major act against segregation on buses. This is when the African Americans stopped riding buses in Montgomery. -
Bilingual Education Act
This act was ratified to teach Spanish immigrants English as another language. -
Little Rock Crisis
This was one of the first schools to go along with the supreme court case of Brown v Board of education. The school officials had interviews for the students that were African American that wanted to attend white only schools. -
Femanist Movement
JFK issues the executive order called the President's Commission on the Status of Women. He had Eleanor Roosevelt to be one of the chairmen of the organization. -
SDS March During the Counterculture Mvement
The First anti nuclear march is held. There were 4000-8000 protesters that participated. -
Latino Movement
Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association marched from Delano to the California capital -
March on Washington
This march was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. and it is where the famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There was a turnout of over 200,000 Americans at this march -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is the date that this Act was sighed into law. It was signed by president Johnson. -
Selma March
This is the date when the march started and it lasted 5 days. The march was from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act outlawed voting discrimination practices that were common in the southern states. This was signed over 50 years after the 15 amendment was ratified which gave all men the right to vote. -
Watts Riiot
This riot started when an African American was arrested on the account of drunk driving. People were angered by this arrest and started the riot which would result in over 30 people getting killed. -
Black Power Spark
James Meredith is shot on this date at a rally that he was leading. When he was in his hospital bed he told the people that were beside him to continue the march. Nothing changed and there was still a lot of violence and they said they needed "Black Power". -
MLK is Assassinated
Martin Luther king is assassinated. -
Feminist Movement today
Even though many key issues are already dealt with, people are still undermining women.
