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Civil Rights Timeline
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Supreme Court rules the Plessy vs. Ferguson case as "equal but seperate." This started when Plessy a interracial person sat in the white section of a train. Plessy refused to sit in the colored section and was arrested. -
NAACP was founded.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded Feburary 12, 1909. -
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Linda Brown Case.
Linda Browns Father sues Topeka School Board. Reason is White school is 2 blocks away, because of segragation she had to walk 6 blocks and take 2 buses to get to school. -
Supreme Court rules Brown v. Board as unconstitional.
The supreme court ruled Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas as unconstitional. -
Emmett Till was murdered.
Emmett Till age of 14 was murdered after flirting with two white women. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks a high person in the communtiy refused to give up her seat starting the MBB, led by Martin Luther King Jr. Blacks refused to ride buses and taxi's til then were given more humane rights. -
Martin Luther King Jr. house bombing.
Martin Luther King Jr.s' house was bombed. Reasons because of the Bus Boycott. -
Bus segregation is unconstitional.
The Supreme Court rules bus segregation as unconstitional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends.
After a year of boycotting the bus system opens up and blacks ride the bus again. -
Martin Luther King Jr. as President of the movement.
The SCLC chose Martin Luther King Jr. as President of the organization. -
Little Rock Nine intergration
9 negro students were intergrated into Central High School in Little Rock. They were later named the "Little Rock 9" -
Greensboro Sit-in
Colored students were refused service. This would later start the Greensboro sit-ins -
Executive Order 10925
John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925. This order made everyone hireable by the government no matter what race, religion, or national orgin. -
The SNCC was founded.
The SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordnating Committe) was founded in 1960 at the Shaw University. The group provided young blacks to have an opportunity to support the Civil Rights Movement. -
James Meredith enrolled in College.
James Meredith is the first black student to enroll into the University of Mississippi. JFK sent 5,000 federal troops to keep riots down. -
Medgar Evers was Killed.
Medgar Evers NAACP secretary was killed outside his home. He was killed by a white anti-activist. -
John F. Kennedy dies.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. He was assassinated on August 22 1963 -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. had over 250,000 come to Washington D.C. for a march. This is were he had his famous speech "I had a Dream." -
16th Street Bombing.
The KKK bombed the Sixteenth Street Babtist Church. The bomb killed 4 people. The 4 killed were young girls inbetween the age of 11 and 14. -
24th Amendment was put into place.
The 24th Amendement was introduced on January 24, 1964. This stopped Poll tax, making it harder from blacks to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Civil RIghts Act of 1964 was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. This act prohibited any and all discrimination in public. This discrimination was against, race, color, religion, gender or national origin. -
Malcolm X was assasinated.
Malcolm X, a Civil Rights Leader and organization founder, was assasinated. -
Bloody Sunday
Protestors marched from Selma into Montgomery. They were stopped at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where police and State troopers waited with billy clubs, tear gas, and bull whips. This started the path to many other protests. -
Reaction to Bloody Sunday.
Martin Luther King Jr. led many blacks from Selma to Montgomery. The state issued a restraining order so the could not enter Montgomery. They stopped at the same bridge, knelt and prayed. A northern minister was killed later that day by white vigilantes. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was issued on August 6, of 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Executive Order 11246.
Executive Order 11246 was issued by Lyndon B. Johnson the 36th President of the United States. This Order made equal employment opprotunities. -
Supreme court rules interacial marriage unconstitional.
The Supreme Court rules interacial marriage was unconstitional, and illeagal. Forcing 16 statesto rewrite many of their laws.
