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Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was the Supreme Court's ruling that blacks and whites could be separated as long as their facilities were equal. -
Formation of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
The CORE is Formed
The Congress of Racial Equality is formed. -
Desegregation of the Military
President Truman signed a document that desegregated the United States military. -
Brown v Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that schools must be integrated allowing both blacks a nd whites to go to scbhool to gether. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white rider. Martin Luther King Jr lead the boycott. As an effect the Montgomery buses were desegregated. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
A young colored boy named Emmett Till was picked up in a truck one night while he was sleeping and taken away and killed. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white on a Montgomery Bus and was arrested. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students attempted to enroll in an all-white high school. The Arkansas National Guard was called in to stop the students from enrolling. President Eisenhower sent the US Army in to assist the students in enrolling. -
SCLC is Formed
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference. -
Sit-Ins
Blacks would sit at white only luch counters and wait to be served. -
SNCC is Formed
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is formed. -
The Freedom Riders
Bus facilities in the South were segregated. Both blacks and whites rode on buses in the South to protest. As a result, the Interstate Commerce Committee desegregated the bus facilities. -
Birmingham
Protesters targeted the "most segregated" city. MLK Jr and other leaders held marches in the streets. Police chief Bull Connor responded to the protesters with police dogs and fire hoses. As an effect, JFK proposes the Civil Rights Bill. -
March on Washington
200,000protesters gathered in Washington D.C. to pressure Congress to pass JFK's proposed Civil Rights Bill. Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. As an effect Lyndon Johnson passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially ended segregation in the United States however it was unable to end racism towards blacks and other minorities. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
Was an attempt to register blacks to vote. 1,200 blacks were registered to vote. Three civil rights workers were killed -
Marches from Selma
MLK Jr wanted to raise the voting rate of blacks in Selma up from 1%. Police attempted to stop the marchers by using tear gas and clubs. President Johnson sent in troops to protect the marchers. As a result the voting rate went from 1% to 50%. -
Watts Riots
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. -
Martin Luther King Jr's assassination
MLK Jr was staying in a room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis where he was shot and killed by James Earl Ray. -
The 24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
