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Separate but equal
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
Original March
The first march on Washington was scheduled but was later cancelled. -
NAACP
This was a group of colored people who wanted equal treatment for all. -
Brown vs BOE
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Emmit Till
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Refuse
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Little Rock Crisis
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Woolworth Store
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was the first girl of color in grade school. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
MLK "Parade"
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
JFK Killed
The former President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Texas. -
Literacy Test
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests -
Malcolm X death
Malcolm X was a Civil Rights leader but he was pro violent and later on died. -
March on Selma
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Civil Rights
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Watts Riot
The riot spurred from an incident on August 11, 1965 when Marquette Frye, a young African American motorist, was pulled over and arrested by Lee W. Minikus, a white California Highway Patrolman, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
Detroit Riots
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 1967 Detroit Rebellion or 12th Street riot was the bloodiest incident in the "Long, hot summer of 1967". -
MLK Killed
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis.
