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Plessy v. Ferguson
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
The NAACP Was Formed
The NAACP was a Civil Rights Organization for colored people. The NAACP played a huge role in the fight for civil rights. -
The Birth of a Nation is Released
Description Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epic. -
Brown Vs Board of education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Ruby Bridges is the first colored person to go to first grade in a white school.
This was controversial because the little rock nine had a mob when they went to school, so Ruby had to be escorted by government officials so she didn't get hurt. -
Emmett Till murder
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Little Rock, Arizona Incident
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Woolworth lunch sit-in
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
Ole MIss
Riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith. -
MLK was arrested in Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
Washington march
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
4 girls killed in church bombing
A bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Killing 4 young girls in the process. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Death of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was murdered by the group of Islam after he ran away. -
March on Selma, Alabama
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
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The Watts Riots
After a minor road stop for reckless driving, the police on the scene started attacking the victim and ended up not guilty. This caused the Watts Riots. 3,438 people were arrested after these riots because of the mass amounts of looting, arson, assault, shootouts, and murder. -
Texas Western wins NCAA title defeating Kentucky
This was a big part of civil rights because after Texas Western wins the NCAA title, Colleges in Texas started accepting a lot of African American students. -
Black Panther group was formed
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
MLK death
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
Black Power at the Olympics.
During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem. -
Lynching of Michael Donald
The lynching of Michael Donald in Mobile, Alabama in 1981 was one of the last lynchings in the United States. Several Ku Klux Klan members beat and killed Michael Donald, a young African-American man, and hanged his body from a tree.
