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The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites.
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The CORE is founded and becomes one of the key organizations for civil rights.
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player that played in a game.
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Dwight Eisenhower was the president during the civil rights time period. He also enforced secruity with the national guard to help the little rock 9.
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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools.
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Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests.
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The SCLC was formed, and its president was Martin Luther. This group was part of the bus boycott.
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The national guard is used to enforce integration in little rock to help the minorities get to school without getting hurt by the white people.
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The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower.
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The SNCC was founded by Ella Baker. This group gave black a voice in civil rights.
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4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store.
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Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation.
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James Meredith enrolled into Ole Miss, the first African American to enroll at an all-white college.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.”
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law.
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More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill.
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JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The 24th amendment was passed. It prevents citizens from voting with the non-payment of poll tax.
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Malcom X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights, New York.
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A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins.
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Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis.
