Civil rights

Civil Rights

By bythewar

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    The Supreme Court rules that segregation is unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks is Arrested

    Rosa Parks is Arrested
    Rosa Parks is arrested because she refuses to give up her seat to a white individual on the bus.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins

    Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins
    Martin Luther King Jr. helps organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends

    Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends
    The Supreme Court rules that segragating seats on the bus is unconstitutional. Allowing blacks to sit wherever they like on the bus, ending the boycott.

  • The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is formed

    The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is formed
    The SNCC is formed and helps arrange events such as marches, sit-ins, and freedom rides in segregated areas.

  • I Have a Dream

    I Have a Dream
    Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speach is given in Washington D.C.

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

    John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
    President of the United States John F. Kennedy, a supporter of civil rights, is killed while in Houston, Texas.

  • Civil Rights Act is Passed

    Civil Rights Act is Passed
    Congress passes this law which outlaws discrimination in the United States.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    President Lindon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.

    Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.
    King is killed while in Memphis, Tennessee.