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The Supreme Court Decision of Plessy V. Ferguson
This supreme court decision upheld the constitutionally of racial segregation under the "seperate-but-equal-" doctrine.This case started from which an African-American Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for black people. -
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-Americans that successfully complete training and enter the Army Air Corps.They showed the civil rights movement that they are dedicated to helping their country. -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field.This Major League Baseball team signaled the end of segregation in major league baseball. -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
On July 26, 1948.President Truman signed an executive order called "Executive Order 9981" and banned segregation from armed forces.This repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination. -
The Supreme Court Decision of Sweatt v. Painter
The supreme court ruled that in states where public graduate and professional schools existed for white students and not for blacks must be admitted to institution. -
The Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education
By holding that the "separate but equal" doctrine was unconstitutional for American educational facilities and public schools and overturned plessy vs Ferguson. -
The Death of Emmitt II
The death of Emmitt Till was sad as he was kidnapped and murdered and his body was left and dumped in the Tallahatchie River.This murder brought nationwide attention tot he racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African-Americans refused to ride city busses in Montgomery.Rosa Parks made fighting for civil rights better and inspired others to fight. -
The Integration of Little Rock High School
The little rock nine students in Little Rock,Arkansas were prevented from integrating a high school by a racist governor named Orval Faubus.This cause people during the civil rights movement to have more things to use for their protests and fighting. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower established the new civil rights section of the Justice department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain justice.This also fought for interference's with the right to vote -
The Greensboro Four Lunch Counter Sit-In
The Greensboro Four in Greensboro,North Carolina, sat at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter and refused to leave.These men were important as they helped the civil rights movement by showing the violence that takes place when racism takes place. -
The Freedom Rides by Freedom Riders of 1961
The freedom riders attracted the attention of the Kennedy Administration.This directed as a result by banning segregation in interstate travel. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
President Johnson eliminated poll tax with the 24th amendment as people had to pay to vote.But,with the new amendment,people can now vote for free at the right age. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
On September 30,1962,James Meredith officially became the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi on October 2,1962.This was a great moment during the civil rights movement and for some people in America. -
The Integration of the University of Alabama
In 1963, the federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African-Americans students Vivien Malone and James Hood during a summer session. -
The March on Washington and "I have a Dream" speech by MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. tells a inspiring speech in front of 250,000 Americans.This inspired many people and to stand up and talk and fight. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was assassinated in Dallas Texas where to it was a turning point during the civil rights movement because he was a great help and supporter of the civil rights movement. -
The civil rights act of 1964 signed by President Johnson
The act prohibited discrimination in public places then which provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities and made employment discrimination illegal. -
The Assassination Malcolm X
Thomas Hagan assassinated Malcolm X,who was an American Muslim minister.He was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. -
The Selma to Montgomery March:"Bloody Sunday"
An estimate of 525 to 600 civil rights marchers headed southeast out of Selma.This was a big day during the civil rights movement knowing people aren't going to stop and fight for what's right to them. -
The voting rights act of 1965
Voting rights of 1965 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African-Americans from exercising their right to vote. -
The Assassination of MLK in Memphis,Tennessee
MLK was asassinated at a hotel just a day after delivering his prophetic "I've been to the mountaintop" speech at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson signs the Voting rights act that then expands on previous acts and prohibited discrimination.