civil rights movement

  • decision on brown v. board

    landmark Brown v. Board decision gave LDF its most celebrated victory
  • Rosa parks incident

    she was arrested for not being willing to ride in the back of the bus
  • little rock 9

    the governor of Arkansas called National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering Little Rock High School
  • Greensboro sit-in act

    the success led to a wider sit-in movement, organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), that spread throughout the South.
  • March on Washington for Jobs,freedom

    this march was a major milestone for all races it covered by over 3000 members of the press
  • civil rights bill comes into law

    This act outlawed racial discrimination in public facilities, employment, and schools
  • Selma to Montgomery marches

    civil rights demonstrators were attacked by state troopers and sheriff's deputies in Selma, Alabama. This violent attack became known as "Bloody Sunday".
  • Voting Rights act 1965

    President Lyndon Johnson came to the Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act
  • Civil Rights Act 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.