-
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that supported the doctrine of "separate-but-equal". -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
Debut day of Jackie Robinson into the MLB in 1947 that integrated baseball and broke a sixty year ban against African American baseball players. -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces. -
Sweatt v Painter
A U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation -
Brown v. Board of Education
Landmark in the United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
The Bus Boycott of Montgomery, Alabama
a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit systems. Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white person. She was also a political activist and is called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". -
Integration of Little Rock High School
"Little Rock Nine"was a group of nine African American students who were prevented from entering the school by Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower took action by sending troops to escort the nine students into the school for a year. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
The first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States . -
The Greensboro Four
Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond (The Greensboro Four) sat down at the store's "whites only" lunch counter and ordered coffee, and were denied service, ignored and then asked to leave. They remained seated at the counter until the store closed early at 5 p.m. The four friends immediately returned to campus and recruited others for the cause. -
The Freedom Rides of 1960
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
Riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
The Integration of the University of Alabama
Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. Governor Wallace surrendered to pressure and two African American students enrolled. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was a massive protest march where around 250,000 people attended. It aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans. It was also where Martin Luther King Jr. said his famous ,"I Have A Dream", speech. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. It was found out later on that a man named Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who killed President Kennedy. -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
The March on Selma, Alabama
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. They were confronted with deadly violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. It aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
On April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated ot the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel. A man named James Earl Ray shot King from another building in a bathroom. -
The Passage of Title IX
Title IX prohibits discrimination against students or employees based on sex. As a result of Title IX, any school that receives any federal money from the elementary to university level–in short, nearly all schools–must provide fair and equal treatment of the sexes in all areas, including athletics. -
The Appointment of the First Woman Justice of the Supreme Court
Om September 25, 1981 President Ronald Regan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the First Woman Justice of the Supreme Court. -
The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
On December 1, 2009 Barack Obama was the first African-American president and became the 44th President of the United States. -
The Elimination of Combat Restriction for Women
On December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter ordered the military to open all combat jobs to women with no exceptions. -
The Democratic Party Nomination of Hillary Clinton
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was chosen as the party's nominee for president by a 54% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call, defeating primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders, who received 46% of votes from delegates, and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated for president by a major political party in the United States.
