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Sweatt v. Painter
The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal facilities for African American and white students in professional schools were inherently unequal, setting a precedent for challenging segregation in higher education. -
Emmett Till’s Murder
A 14 year African American boy was brutally murdered in Mississippi for supposedly cat whistling at a white woman. His death and the acquittal of his killers became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
The Little Rock Nine Crisis happened in 1957. It was when 9 African Americans were enrolled to go to Little Rock Central Highschool. They were denied to go in, as the Governor ordered the National Guard to prevent them from entering. However later on they did attend and became the first students to desegregate the school. -
Founding of the Southern Cristian Leadership Conference
The Southern Cristian Leadership Conference was created on January 10th 1957. It was sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia who focused their efforts on citizenship schools, and desegregating the individual cities such as Albany, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, and St. Augustine. -
Cooper V. Aaron
In the Cooper V. Aaron case it was a legislation Arkansas was trying to pass to overule the Courts ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education which stated racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled they could not undermine this law. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
This was a huge civil rights movement that took place in Washington D.C. This is where Martin Luther King Jr. said his famous "I have a dream" speech. This increased public support for civil rights. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
This was a campaign led by civil rights organizations to help register African Americans to vote, and establish Freedom schools in Mississippi. They did this despite the violence they faced. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act was a huge step in freedom. This outlawed discrimination whether it was race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This took away Jim Crow laws, which ended racial segregation in public places. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom was a important advocate during the civil rights movement. He was fatally shot while delivering a speech. Three men were convicted of his murder. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader, was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. This caused riots and protests throughout the United States -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The Supreme Court of the U.S all upheld the use of buses to take children of different races across district lines reach the goal of integrating public schools. -
Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Campaign
Shirley Chisholm was the first African American women that was a serious candidate to be president of the United States. She ran for civil rights and social justice during g her campaign. -
Hank Aaron's Home Run Record
Hank was an African American baseball player. He broke the long lasting home run record by Babe Ruth and inspired many African American athletes. -
Barbara Jordan's Address at the Democratic National Convention
Barbara Jordan, an African American congresswoman that delivered a powerful keynote address at the Democratic National Convention emphasizing the importance of equality, civil rights and democratic values. -
University of California Regents v. Bakke
The Court ruled that racial quotas were unconstitutional in the admission process but it held that some programs could be constitutional in some circumstances.