1963 march on washington

Civil Rights

By Sunkara Anoop

  • Plessy vs Ferguson Case

    Plessy vs Ferguson Case
    The case started on this day which lead to the approval of "equal but separate"

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    Reverend Oliver Brown sued the state so his daughter would have the right to go to a white neighborhood school. Two other cases like this were there which joined together for one case called Brown vs. Board of Education. The case was fought by Thurgood Marshall for NAACP. Ruling was in favor of Brown and one year later school segregation was ended.

  • Rosa Parks Arrest

    Rosa Parks Arrest
    Rosa Parks' arrest sparked the fuels of a bus boycott which lead to equality in some manners.

  • Little Rock Nine first go to the white school

    Little Rock Nine first go to the white school
    Integration began with the Little Rock Nine who courageously entered a school full of discrimination and hate on this day.

  • Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit In

    Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit In
    Woolworths lost 1/3 of its business and desegregated all of it's restaurants (nationally) on July 26, 1960. Black employees were the 1st to be served

  • Childrens Marches

    Childrens Marches
    On this day the childrens marches began. The members of this march were mainly children because the adults were in jail. This day examplifies the determination and the will of the African American activists to achieve their goal.

  • March pn Washington

    March pn Washington
    Marches in Washington that pressured Congress to pass a long overdue powerful Civil Rights bill that would help end discrimination when getting jobs.

  • Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing

    Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
    After turmoil in Birmingham tensions rose more when a church bombing occurred killing 4 young African American girls.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    This act was enacted on this day to give African Americans more equal and fair rights.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    This day this act was signed. It gave African Americans voting rights. This act was also helped into action by the President who sent federal examiners to make sure it was in place.

  • Martin Luther King's Assasination

    Martin Luther King's Assasination
    Martin Luther King was assasinated on this day. His legacy remains as one of the most influential civil rights activists. He was key to the previous occurrences.