-
Washington D.C.- The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was law, in the famous Plessy v. Ferguson case.
-
Southern USA- From 1910-1970, 6.5 million blacks moved from the South to the North to escape segregation. They moved to Chicago, New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles.
-
Atlanta, Georgia- Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. He would later become a preacher, earn a Ph.D., and become the head of the civil rights movement.
-
Brooklyn, New York- Jack Roosevelt Robinson becomes the first Negro to play baseball in the Major Leagues, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers
-
Topeka, Kansas- In the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, school segregation is ruled unconstitutional, and public schools must allow kids of all races to get an education there.
-
Montgomery, Alabama- After Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to give up her front seat on a bus to a white man, the black community boycotted the bus system.
-
Montgomery, Alabama- The Supreme Court rules that segregation on Alabama buses was unconstitutional.
-
Little Rock, Arkansas- Nine kids are the first black students to enter the predominantly white Little Rock’s Central High School. There were many protesters angry about the integration in schools, and mobs verbally attacked and threatened the students every day on their way to school.
-
Birmingham, Alabama- Protesters march in the streets of Birmingham, blacks are staging sit-ins in diners, and Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and put into jail, where he writes “Letter From Birmingham City Jail.”
-
Washington D.C.- Protesters marched on Washington to demand the passage of the civil rights bill, integration of schools by year’s end, an end to job discrimination, and a program of job training. Martin Luther King Jr. also gave his famous speech, “I Have a Dream” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
-
Selma, Alabama- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
-
Selma, Alabama- Protesters, consisting of teachers, students, citizens, and activists of both races fought for the right to vote. Many blacks were attacked or sent to jail.
-
Selma, Alabama- Protesters, a mix of blacks and whites, marched from Selma to Montgomery to protest inequality in America and the unjust treatment of blacks. They were tear-gassed or beaten by state troopers and the police. At the end of the march, 25,000 people had joined the march.
-
The United States- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started the Poor People’s Campaign, a campaign against poverty. King’s program was aimed at all the poor, and he wanted to eliminate poverty for economic reasons, and just because it was the right thing to do.
-
Memphis, Tennessee- To help garbage workers on strike protest, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a protest in Memphis. Things got out of hand, and teenagers started throwing rocks and smashing windows, and police started firing bullets.
-
Memphis, Tennessee- On the night of a peaceful protest in Memphis, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went onto the balcony of his hotel room, and was shot dead.
-
Atlanta, Georgia- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was buried, after being shot and killed four days before.
