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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It 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, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans -
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Formation of SCLC
A civil rights organization founded in 1957, as an offshoot of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), which successfully staged a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery Alabama's segregated bus system. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
A voting rights bill which was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. -
Greensboro Sit-In
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Formation of SNCC
Was founded in April 1960, by young people who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement initiated on February 1 of that year by four black college students 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
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States -
Birmingham Protests
A movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. -
James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss
An African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Chaos briefly broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested. -
Malcolm X leads the Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam attracted many followers, especially in prisons, where lost African Americans most looked for guidance. Malcolm X asked for Blacks to be proud of their heritage and stand up for their rights. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. with about 200,000 to 300,000 who participated. -
24th Amendment Passed
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
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. -
Freedom Summer
A volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was shot before he was about to deliver a speech about his new organization called the Organization of Afro-American Unity. -
Selma March
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Black Panthers founded
A revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982, operating in the United States -
MLK Jr. assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Also known as the Fair Housing Act, is a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or nation origin. -
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election, and died the next day while hospitalized.
