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Brown V.Board of Education
Brown v. Of Education (1954) was a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools. The case was brought by Oliver Brown, Linda Brown, along with other families in Topeka, Kansas, against the Board of Education. On may 17, 1954, the Supreme Court led by Chief justice unanimously decided that separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment paving the way for desegregation in the United States. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till occurred on August 28, 1955, in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy from Chicago, was brutally beaten shot and lynched by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milan, two with men after being accused of whistling at Bryant’s wife, Carolyn Bryant. His mutilated body was found in the Tallahatchie River and despite overwhelming evidence his killers were acquitted by an all white jury, fueling the Civil Rights movement. -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
On December 1,955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa parks American Woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, sparking a city wide protest. In response civil rights leaders including Dr.Matin Luther King Jr, organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott.The boycott significantly hurt the bus system’s finances and led to a Supreme Court ruling in 1956 that declared segregation on public buses unconstitutional, making a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Christian leadership conference (SCLC) was founded in 1957 by Dr.Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders in Atlanta Georgia to coordinate nonviolent protest against racial segregation.SCLC was an organization linked to the black church regarded churches as pivotal organizing spaces for civil rights rights activism. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine crisis occurred in September 1957 when nine black students attempted to integrate Central high schools Arkansan.Following the supreme court’s of decision faced with violent opposition from white segregation the students were initially blocked by the Arkansas National Guard under orders from Governor. -
Greensboro Sit ins
The Greensboro sit-ins began on January 1,1960 when four African American college students from North Carolina sat at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro North Carolina refusing to leave after being denied service.Their peaceful protest sparked a nationwide sit-in movement leading to the desegregation of lunch counters across the United States. -
Ruby Bridges
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South when she attended William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Escorted by federal marshals, she faced daily protests and threats from angry crowds but bravely continued attending school, marking a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 to challenge racial segregation. Black and white activists including members of the congress of Racial and the student committee they faced violated attacks in state. -
March on Washington
March on Washington for jobs and freedom took place on August 28,1963, in Washington, D.C., where people gathered to advocate for civil rights and economic equality. Led by figures Martin Luther king and others the event featured king’s famous “I have a Dream” speech callings for an end to racial segregation and injustice in the United States. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law on July 2, 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington, D.C., prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This landmark legislation, influenced by civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., outlawed segregation in public places and enforced equal employment opportunities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
On February 21,1965, Malcom x was assassinated while delivering a speech at Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3x Butler, and Thomas 15x Johnson shot him multiple times in front of a crowd of people.He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after marking a tragic end to his influential activism. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
Selma to Montgomery Marches began March 7,1965, with Bloody Sunday when civil rights marches led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams were brutally attacked by Alabama state troopers and sheriff’s deputies as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.Violence Wich was intended to suppress the voting rights movement let to national outrage and ultimately contribute to the passage of the Voting Rights. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
The voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by president Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6,1965, in Washington, D.C., prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. The law spurred by the civil rights movement and events like Bloody Sunday in Salam Alabama, outlawed literacy tests and other barriers, ensuring . -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr.Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Early Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.King was fatally shot on the balcony, sparking nationwide riots and mourning, while Ray was later captured and sentenced to 99 years in prison.