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Emmett Till is murdered
In 1955, A 14 year old African American was brutally murdered after being accused of flirting with a white woman in her family's grocery store. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
In 1955, African Americans would refuse to ride city buses in Montgomery, this was a protest against racial segregation on the public transit system. -
Little Rock Nine Intervention
In 1957, 9 African American students tried to enroll at Little Rock Central High School. At first they were not allowed to go there but then attended after the intervention of Dwight Eisenhower. -
Greensboro sit-in
In 1960, African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina after they were denied service. -
Integration of Ole Miss Riots
In 1962, On the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, students and segregationists gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith who attempted integrate the all-white school. -
The Birmingham Children's March
In 1963, The SCLC(and other civil right groups) planned a non-violence protest to desegregate Birmingham. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
In 1963, 4 members of the KKK planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite beneath the steps located in the church attached to a timing device. The explosion killed 4 girls and injured 22. -
Freedom Summer
In 1964, over 700 people (mostly white) fought to increase the number of registered black voters in Mississippi. -
The Selma Marches
In 1965, The Southern State legislatures had a series of requirements that disenfranchised most of the African Americans across the South. -
Black Panther Party is formed
In 1966, a political organization founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal to challenge police brutality against blacks.
