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Brown vs Board of Education
This was a case about the integration of public schools that was taken all the way to the Supreme Court. It was ruled unanimously that the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. -
Murder of Emmitt Till
Emmett Till was a 14-year old who was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with and harassing a white women while visiting his family in money, Mississippi. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
An African American women named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person and she was arrested for it. This soon led to The Montgomery bus boycott which was a protest against segregated seating. African Americans refused to ride the busses which lead to the first large scale U.S demonstration against segregation. -
Formation of the SCLC
The SCLC is also known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The goal of this organization was the advocate civil rights for African-Americans. -
Integration of Little Rock High School (Little Rock Nine)
The Little Rock Nine were nine African American students who after enrolling in Little Rock Central High School were denied of their enrollment due to segregation laws. In doing this Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the national guard trying to prevent them from attending the all whites school. -
Founding of SNCC
SNCC which is also known the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This committee was founded by black college students who wanted to end segregation in the south. They gave other African Americans a voice to be heard and participation in the civil rights movement. -
Woolworth's counter sit-ins in Greensboro
On this day young African American students, civil rights activists had a sit-in at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina for not leaving after being denied service. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in the freedom rides. These rides were bus trips through the south in protest to segregated terminals. [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides] -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”
While Martin Luther King Jr. was put in jail for protesting without a permit, he wrote letters which are now known as one of the most moving pieces of the 20th century. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was civil rights activist who served in the United States Army. Evers was involved with the NAACP and organized voter-registration efforts and and economic boycotts. In 1963 he was assassinated by Bronchiole De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens's Council. Their main goal was to resiste integration of schools and civil rights activism. For Evers, he was buried with his honors from serving in the Army. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - August 28, 1963
On this day, more than 200,000 demonstrators took part in this event at the nations capital. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous 'I have a dream' speech. The march was a success and lead to a stronger federal civil rights bill for congress. -
Birmingham Church bombing
An Alabama sixteenth street church was bombed by members of the KKK splinter group also known as the Cahaba Boys. This bombing killed 4 African American girls during church service,14 others were severely injured by the debris and explosion blast. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister. Malcolm was popularly known during the civil rights movement as he was a racial advocate and human rights activist. Malcolm X was shot while on stage during an Afro-American unity meeting in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. -
March on Selma
The March on Selma was lead by nonviolent activists who showed African Americans exercising their right to vote. This was due to the repression on the African American community when Southern State legislature passed and maintained discrimination laws and practices. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous civil rights activists and a christian minister. He was the spokesperson and the leader for the civil rights movement. On this day he was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. From there he was then taken to St. Joseph's Hospital where he died.
