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event 1
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
event 2
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
event 3
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
event 4
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
event 5
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
event 6
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
event 7
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
event 8
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
event 9
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
event 10
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
event 11
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
event 12
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
event 13
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
event 14
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
event 15
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis.
