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Reverend George Lee killed
Reverend George Lee was killed for leading voter-regestration drive in Belzoni, Mississippi -
Lamar Smith murdered
Lamar Smith was murdered for organizing black voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi -
Emmett Louis Till murdered
Emmett Louis Till was murdered for speaking to a white woman in Money,Mississippi -
John Earl Reese killed
John Earl Reese was killed by nightriders opposed to school improvments in Mayflower, Texas -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Montgomery boycott
Montgomery bus boycott begins -
Supreme court bans segregation
Supreme court bans segregated seating on Montgomery buses. -
Willie Edwards Jr. killed
Willie Edwards Jr. was killed by Klansrren in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson allowed seperate but equal facilities. The segregation in schools started the Brown v. Board of Education case. The result of this case is that the supreme court outlaws school segregation. -
congress passes civil rights act of 1957
President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights act since reconstruction. This act started the civil rights movement. -
Eisenhower orders desegregation
President Eisenhower orders ferderal troops to enforce school desegregation in Little Rock Arkansas. To protect the African American students, somes schools closed and in some towns the National Gaurd was called in. -
Mack Charles Parker killed
Mack Charles Parker was taken from jail and killed in Poparville, Mississippi. -
Black students stage sit-in
Black students staged a sit-in at "whites Only" lunch counter in Greensbora, North Carolina -
Supreme Court outlaws segregation
Supreme court outlaws segregation in but terminals. -
Freedom Riders attacked
Freedom riders attacked in Alabama while testing compliance with bus desegregation laws. The Congress of Racial Equality and The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped organize the Freedom Rides. Freedom Riders were blacks and white civil rights activists. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters. -
Herbert Lee killed
Herbert Lee was a voter regestration worker and he was killed by white legislater in Liberty,Mississippi. -
Civil Rights groups join forces
Civil rights groups join forces to launch voter regestration drive. -
CPL Roman Ducksworth JR. killed
CPL Roman Ducksworth JR. was taken from a bus and killed by the police in Taylorsville, Mississippi. -
Riots Erupt
Riots erupt when the black student James Menedith enroles at Ole Miss. The government got involved by sending troops to Mississippi. -
Paul Guihard killed
The french reporter, Paul Guihard, was killed during Ole Miss riot in Oxford, Mississippi. -
William Lewis Moore killed
William Lewis Moore wasa killed during a one-man march against segregation in Attalla, Alabama. -
Birmingham police attacked
Birmingham police attacked marching children with dogs and fire hoses. -
Governer George Wallace
Governer of Alabama, George Wallace stood in a schoolhouse door to stop university integragation. -
Medgar Evers assasinated.
In the driveway outside his home, the civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, was shot to death in Jackson, Mississippi. -
March on Washington
250,000 Americans marched on Washington for civil rights, such as jobs and freedom in the U.S capital. The "I have a dream" speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington. -
Schoolgirls killed
Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mcnair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed in the bombiing of 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama -
Vigil Lamar Ware Youth killed
Vigil Lamar Ware Youth killed during a wave of racist violence in Birmingham, Alabama. -
Poll tax outlawed
Poll tax outlawed in federal elections. -
Louis Allen witnessed murder
Louis Allen witnessed the murder of civil rights worker assasinated in Liberty, Mississippi. -
Reverend Bruce Klunder killed
Reverend Bruce Klunder killed for protesting construction of the segregated school in Clevland, Ohio. -
Henry Hesekiahoee & Charles Eddie Moore killed
Henry Hesekiahoee & Charles Eddie Moore killed by Klanarren in Meadville,Mississippi. -
Freedom Summer bings volunteers
Freedom Summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi. -
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner abducted
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner abducted and killed by Klansmen in Philadelphia, Mississippi. -
Civil rights act signed
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
LT. COL. Lemuel Penn killed
LT. COL. Lemuel Penn killed by Klansmen while driving north in Cabert, Georgia -
Jimmie Lee Jackson killed
The civil rights marcher Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by a state trooper in Marion, Alabama -
State troopers stopeed marches
State troopers beat back marches at Edmun Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. -
Reverend James Reeb killed
March volenteer, Reverend James Reeb, beaten to death in Selma, Alabama. -
Montgomery voting rights march ended
Thousands of people complete the Selma to montgomery voting rights march. The marchers faced much violence. The result of this march was that blacks got voting rights. -
Viola Gregg Liuzza killed
Viola Gregg Liuzza killed by Klansmen while transporting marchers on Selma highway in Alabama. -
Oneal Moore killed
Oneal Moore, a black Deputy, was killed by nightriders in Varnado, Louisiana. -
Voting rights act passed
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Willie Brewster killed
Willie Brewster killed by nightriders in Anniston, Alabama. -
Johnathon Daniels killed
Semintary student,Johnathon Daniels killed by the deputy in Hayneville, Alabama. -
Samuel Younge Jr. killed
Samuel Youngw Jr. was a student civil rights activist killed in dispute in Taskegee,Alabama. -
Vernon Dahmer killed
Vermon Dahmer was a black community leader, he was killed by Klan bombing in Hattisberg, Mississippi. -
Ben Chester White killed
Ben Chester White killed by Klansmen in Natchez, Mississippi. -
Clarence Triggs killed
Clarence Triggs killed by nightriders in Bogalusa, Louisiana. -
Wharlest Jackson killed
Wharlest Jackson, civil rights leader, killed after promotion to a 'white' job in Natchez, Mississippi. -
Benjamin Brown killed
Civil rights worker,Benjamin Brown, killed when police fired at protesters in Jackson, Mississippi. -
First black supreme court justice
Thurgood Marshall first black supreme court justice. This was a monumental event because he was the first black involved in the government. He worked for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Samuel Hammond Jr. ,Dleano Middleton, and Henry Smith killed
Samuel Hammond Jr. ,Dleano Middleton, and Henry Smith killed when highway patrolmen fire at protesters in Orangeberg, South Caralina. -
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated in Memphis, Tennessee. King was standing on the second-floor balcony of the motel he was staying at, when he was hit with a bullet in the neck. He was rushed to a hospital, and a hour later it was said that he was dead. His assassination led to a rush of anger among black Americans. This is because he was such a big leader and person who people looked up to.
