civil rights movement

  • Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball

    Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball

    Jackie Robinson is the first Black man to join the MLB
  • Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling

    Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling

    The supreme court ruled that segregation was uncontitutional
  • Emmett Till is murdered

    Emmett Till is murdered

    Emmett till was a 14 year old boy that was whistling at a white lady which made her friends angry and they killed the Emmett till
  • Rosa Parks Arrest

    Rosa Parks Arrest

    Rosa parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the public bus.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed

    Eisenhower signed off on the first act to protect civil rights.
  • The Birmingham Children’s March

    The Birmingham Children’s March

    5000 birmingham children marched through the city to talk to the mayor about segregation
  • George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”

    George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”

    George Wallace stood infront of a public schools doors to stop the enrollment of african american students
  • Medger Evers assassination

    Medger Evers assassination

    Medgar evers was a Civil rights advocate and was shot by a sniper in an assassination.
  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    white supremacist group bombed a primarily african american church
  • Malcom X Assassination

    Malcom X Assassination

    Civil rights activist Malcom X was assassinated in Manhattan
  • The Selma Marches / Bloody Sunday

    The Selma Marches / Bloody Sunday

    The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

    Got rid of prerequisites for voting
  • Black Panther Party is formed

    Black Panther Party is formed

    The civil rights party formed
  • Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling

    Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling

    The supreme court decided that interracial marriage being illegal is unconstitutional
  • MLK assassination

    MLK assassination

    Civil rights activist MLK is assassinated