Civil Rights Movement

By gcardona03

  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    The Plessy V. Ferguson was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.

  • The Integration of Major League Baseball

    This is a book of the men and events, team by team, during Major League Baseball's integration.

  • The Integration of the Armed Forces

    The Integration of the Armed Forces is a executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman

  • Sweatt V.Painter

    The Sweatt V. Painter was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    The Brown V. Board of Education was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

  • The Bus Boycott of Montgomery, Alabama

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • The Integration of Little Rock High School

    A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1957

    This wad the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875

  • The Freedom Rides of 1960

    Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1960

  • The Greensboro Four

    The Greensboro Four were sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960

  • The Twenty-Fourth Amendment

    The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections

  • The Integration of the University of Mississippi

    This was where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith

  • The Integration of the University of Alabama

    This was where the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama

  • The March on Washington

    The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

  • The assassination of John F. Kennedy

    This is where a person killed JFK

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    A landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

  • The assassination of Malcolm X

    He was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.

  • The March on Selma, Alabama

    Project for voting rights since late 1965

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965

    A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

  • The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    This was where a person killed MLK on Apirl 4th, 1968

  • The passage of title IX

    The Education Amendments of 1972 bars sex discrimination in education programs and activities offered by entities receiving federal financial assistance

  • The Appointment of the First Woman Justice of the Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama

    The 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009

  • The Elimination of Combat Restriction of Woman

    This was lifted from aviation positions by Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, permitting women to serve in almost any aviation capacity.

  • The Democratic Party Nomination of Hillary Clinton

    An American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker