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Plessy v. Ferguson
upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities -
Formation of the NAACP
bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans -
Sit ins
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are me -
The Congress of Racial Equality is formed
civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement -
Desegregation of the Military
President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services -
Malcolm X
widely regarded as the second most influential leader of the Nation of Islam after Elijah Muhammad -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Linda Brown, 2nd grader. ended public school segregation. 9-0 rulling -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama -
Little Rock Nine
nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School (white school) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed
African-American civil rights organization -
Student Non-Violent Coordination Commitee
major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s -
The Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated southern United States to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions -
Martin Luther King Jrs "I have a Dream" speech
public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 -
March on Washington
Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963 -
Freedom Summer
or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign to regester as many african american voters as they can -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
Race Riots in Watts and other cities
Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles -
Martin Luther King Assassination
shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. -
Boston Busing
Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students -
Rodney King Trail
the jury acquitted three of the officers but could not agree on one of the charges against Powell
