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1983 BCE
The Congress of Racial Equality is formed
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), founded in 1942, became one of the leading activist organizations in the early years of the American civil rights movement. CORE was founded in 1942 and became one of the leading activist Organization in the early year of the civil rights movement. -
Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was a case in 1896 by the U.S supreme court to made the "separate but equal" thing, that time it took place was may 18th, 1896, the people who were involved with the case was Homer Plessy, a passenger who refused to sit in a Jim crow car, and the other person involved was Judge John. Ferguson, it was held at the supreme court -
Formation of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 and one of Americans oldest and largest civil-rights organization, it was formed in New York City by white and black activists, partially in response to the ongoing violence against African Americans around the country. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark in 1954, which justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren was involved with civil rights case. the case took place in Topeka Kansas. -
The murder of Emmitt till
The murder of Emmitt Till is a 14-year old boy who was claimed to have called a woman working behind a counter at a store 'baby' and was later murdered for it in August 28, 1955, in the state Mississippi, the effect of his death upsurge many people to step up. -
Montgomery bus boycott
Montgomery bus boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses, date it took place was December 20, 1956, Rosa Parks was a woman who refused to give up her seat on a city bus and was arrested, The Montgomery bus boycott took place in Alabama. The effect from this event was city buses were desegregated. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed
Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African American civil rights organization. (SCLC), it was formed on January 10, 1957, the founders of the organization was Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, Bayard Rustin, Joseph Lowery. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine was a group of nine black students enrolled in an all-white Central High school in Little Rock. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, where the students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school. in 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in the case of Brown v. Board of Education -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is formed
was a Civil-Rights group formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the Civil-Rights movement. it was formed in April, 1960 the founders of the group was Ella Baker, Diane Nash, Julian Bond, Bernard Lafayette, Charles Sherrod, it was founded in Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. -
Sit-ins
Students from across the country came to together to form the SNCC and organize sit-ins at counters throughout the south, it took place in North Carolina A&T University. the outcome of the event was that public place such as restaurants desegregated -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American in 1961 to protest segregated buses. at the end of it all buses were desegregated. -
Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a Dream Speech, was a public speech during the time of the March on Washington, to try to get African Americans the rights that they need, Martin Luther King Jr was a public spokesperson, the effect of the speech was it gave African Americans the civil rights they needed. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a 1964 voter registration drive sponsored by the civil rights organizations it was to help African Americans for voting rights -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and other stuff. this event took place on July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with at least 75 pens. -
Malcolm X begins leading the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X is the second most influential leader of the Nation of Islam after Elijah Muhammad. He was largely credited with the group's dramatic increase in membership between 1950 and 1960, -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed and made into a law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels and giving African Americans the right to vote, The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law on August 8, 1965. and African Americans got the right to vote -
Race Riots in Watts and other cities
Race Riots in Watts and other cities was a racial tension when two white policemen suspected an African American for drunk driving, and people got angry and rioted, this event took place in Watts neighborhood in Los Angles. -
Martin Luther King Jr's assassination
the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and how he tried to make a difference, Martin Luther King Jr died April 4,1968, the time of his death Martin Luther King Jr was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel and was shot in the back of the neck and was rushed to the hospital and was pronoced dead -
Boston Busing
The desegregation of Boston public schools in 1974- 1988. African Americans wanted schools to be equal, and the effect of it was the schools became desegregated. -
desegregation of the military
On July 26, 1948, president Harry S. Truman sighted this executive order established the presidents committee on equality of treatment and opptunity in the armed services -
Rodney King Trial
Rodney King was an African American who became a symbol of racial tension in America, after he beating by Los Angeles police officers in 1991, there was one witness who caught it George Holliday was the one who caught it all on videotape.
