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KKK Founded
Confederate veterans who had a vendetta against blacks meet and form the most well-known, most notorious hate group in American history. -
Separate but Equal
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
NAACP Founded
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People played a key role in the Civil Rights movement. -
School Desegregation
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Emmett Till Murdered
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks Says No
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 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Sit-Ins
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store -
Freedom Rides
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
MLK Arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
Medgar Evers Killed
Mississippi's field secretary for the NAACP gunned down in his driveway, found by his wife. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
Four young girls killed by the explosion while preparing for church service. -
President Kennedy Killed
While in Dallas, Texas, JFK was shot by gunman Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK was pushing for a Civil Rights act but never got to push it. -
LBJ Becomes President
After the death of Kennedy, Johnson stated that he wanted to continue Kennedy's legacy by passing the Civil Rights Act. -
Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Malcolm X Killed
While preparing to deliver a speech, Malcolm X was shot 21 times by the Nation of Islam. He died shortly after. -
Selma March
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
MLK Killed
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
Last Lynching in America
Several KKK members killed a Mobile resident named Michael Donald in 1981. His throat was slit and his body was hung from a tree in a prominently black neighborhood.
