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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
This highly influential court case desegragated schools on the grounds that segregation was unconstitutional, but also opened the door to segregation protests in other aspects of life. -
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Battle For Civil Rights
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Executive Order 10590
President Eisenhower signs the Executive Order 10590, which established the President's Committee on Government Policy to enforce a nondiscrimination policy in Federal employment. -
Emmet Till
Teenager Emmet Till is murdered for whistling at a white woman. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white person on a Montgovery bus. -
Browder v. Gayle
The Supreme Court decided that the segregation of Alabama and Montgomery laws instigating segregation were unconstitutional. -
Testing Browder v. Gayle
The ACMHR decides to test the ruling in Browder v. Gayle by riding white sectionsof Birmigham's city buses, resulting in 22 demonstrators being arrested. -
Little Rock Resistance
Arkansas governor Orval Faubus refused to integrate Central High, using the National Guard to bar nine African American students from entering. -
Eisenhower's Command
In response to Faubus' actions in Little Rock, Eisenhower placed the National Guard under federal command and sent soldiers to Little Rock to protect the nine students attending Central High. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower signs the the Civil Rights Act of 1957. -
NAACP Sit - In
Clara Luper and the NAACP Youth council organized the most successful sit-in to date on drug-store lunch counters in Oklahoma city, launching a successful six-year campaign. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the south after and integration act signed for New Orleans. -
JFK's Civil Rights Speech
President Kennedy delivers his historic civil rights speech asking for equality and justice and promising a bill in congress the next week. -
March on Washington - "I Have a Dream" Speech
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is held, and Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church is bombed in Birmingham, killing four girls and inspiring the Alabama Project. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize -
Death of Malcolm X
Malcom X is shot to death in Manhattan -
Bloody Sunday
Civil Rights workers in Selma, Alabama begin a march to Montgomery, but are blockaded by police - many were injured and one was killed. -
The Black Panthers
The Black Panthers is founded Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, CA. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
