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Plessy v Ferguson
It was upheld of segregation legally as long as its equal. it happened in 1896. Plessy, Ferguson, and the supreme court. Supreme court. Segregation (separate but equal). blacks had worse stuff then whites. -
Formation Of The NAACP
established in 1909 and is America's 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. -
Desegregation Of The Military
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrating the segregated military. -
Brown v Board Of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a 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. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement, happened in the 1960s, and was caused by segregation. -
Sit Ins
Sit-Ins are a form of protest during the civil rights movement. Feb. 1st 1960 is when the first known sit-in was recorded, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, and Joseph McNeil, "whites-only" Woolworth's lunch counter,blacks not being able to sit in white spots, ignites a wave of protests by students. -
Malcolm X Leads The Nation Of Islam
Malcolm X is widely regarded as 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 the early 1950s and early 1960s -
The Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi -
Boston Busing
The desegregation of Boston public schools 1974–1988 was a period in which the Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students -
Rodney King Trail
On April 29, 1992, the jury acquitted three of the officers but could not agree on one of the charges against Powell.
