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Civil Rights Movement

By carolynmotta

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    In this case, the Supreme Court overruled the decision of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case, therefore declaring that segregation within schools was unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus which led to her arrest. This in turn led to a year-long boycott of the bus system by African Americans.

  • Supreme Court Montgomery Buses Ruling

    Supreme Court rules that the segregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama is unconstitutional.

  • "Little Rock Nine"

    "Little Rock Nine"
    Nine African American students were helped by US military when sent to Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • Greensboro Sit-ins

    Greensboro Sit-ins
    Four African American students were refused service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. This started a new wave of nonviolent protests across the South.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    The Congress of Racial Equality began to organize "Freedom Rides" throughout the South in order to integrate racially segregated public facilities.

  • March on Washington and "I Have a Dream" Speech

    March on Washington and "I Have a Dream" Speech
    "I Have a Dream" Video Clip
    A quarter of a million people marched to the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech.

  • Birmingham Church Bombing

    Birmingham Church Bombing
    A KKK member bombed a church in Birmingham, Alabama known for Civil Rights activist meetings. Four African American girls were killed in the bombing while others were injured.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits discrimination of any kind, and allows the federal government to enforce desegregation.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act was passed following the Selma-Montgomery March led by Martin Luther King, Jr. for African American voting rights.

  • First African American Supreme Court Justice

    First African American Supreme Court Justice
    In September 1967, Thurgood Marshall began his term as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated

    Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated by James Earl Ray outside his hotel room in Memphis, TN. MLK Jr.'s death sparked a week of riots throughout the country.