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the supreme court decision of plessy v. ferguson
it was a significant landmark because it upheld a state law from lousianna that allowed equal but separate accomadations for white and colored people -
the tuskegee airmen
the tuskegee airmen contributed to the integration of the military for the united states and also the desgreation of the u.s. armed forces -
brown v. board of education
by stating that the "seprate but equal" doctrine was unconsittuional -
the integration of major league baseball
once jackie robinson had joined the brooklyn dodgers it changed the way that the major league saw colored baseball players -
the integration of the armed forces
president truman had signed a the executive order of 9981 which stopped the segreation of the armed forces/military -
the supreme court decision of sweatt v. painter
because it succesfully challanged the "seperate but equal" doctrine, and the case was influential in the landmark case of brown v. education -
the death of emmitt till
emmitts death brought attention to the civil rights movement because it showed people that racism wouldn't spare children from violence and that black people would never recive fair equal treatment -
the montgomery bus boycott
when the news spread of rosa parks not giving up her seat fellow african americans leaders began lending their support -
integration of little rock high school
it was the desegreagtion of little rock high school in little rock arknsas -
the civil rights act of 1957
this was an important piece of legistaltion for the civil rights movement because it estabalished a civil rights section of the justice department and helped empower federal prosectors -
greensboro four lunch counter sit-in
they brought the fight for civil rights to the national stage in greensboro north carolina -
freedom rides by freedom rider
the freedom rider helped inspire a lot of african americans across the the country -
24 amendment
it prohibit any poll taxes in elections for officials -
integration of the university of mississippi
there was a lot of riots going on outside of the university by angry white people that didn't want james meredith to enroll into an all white school , so it became important when the school allowed for him to attend school -
integration of the university of alabama
the president of the united states had sent federal national guard troops to the university of alabama to force desegegration -
" i have a dream " speech
the march had 250,000 americans that got together to protest against racial discrimination and it also allowed for them to show support for civil rights legislation -
assassination of john f. kennedy
the assassination of president kennedy was considered a major turning point in america because the nation had lost a great leader -
assassination of malcom x
malcom x argued for black power,black self-defense , and black economic autonomy and racial pride -
voting rights act of 1965
this legislation is imporatnt because it outlawed dicrimnatory voting practices that were adopted in many southern states -
assassination of martin luther king jr.
the death of martin luther king jr. energized the black power movement but also people began to lose the unity and direction that king had givien it -
the voting rights act of 1968
during 1968 president johnson passes the voting right act that wouldn't allow discrimination based on sale,rental, or financal of housing