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Plessy v. Ferguson
This court case upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" -
Formation of NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States -
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
This court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama -
Formation of SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
Nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Primarily a voting rights bill that was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress -
Malcolm X leads the Nation of Islam
African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism -
Formation of SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -
Greensboro Sit-In
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina -
Boynton v. Virginia
The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only". -
First Freedom Ride
A series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. -
James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss
An African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi -
Birmingham Protests
A movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans -
March on Washington
The march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in Washington DC -
24th Amendment Passed
Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Freedom Summer
A volunteer campaign in the United States launched in to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Selma March
They wanted to register black voters in the south and protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities -
Malcolm X assassinated
He was assassinated in Washington Heights, New York City, NY -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
Black Panthers Founded
A revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States -
MLK Jr. assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American clergyman and civil rights leader who was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
A legislation that made equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a crime to “by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin. -
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated
He was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election.
