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Plessy v. Ferguson
Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. Upheld the law of racial segregation for public facilities as long as they were both in fact equal. -
Integration of Major League Baseball
The day that Jackie Robinson made it into the MLB in 1947 that integrated baseball and broke a sixty year ban against African Americans. -
Integration of the Armed Forces
On July 26 marks an important milestone in United States history and race relations Executive Order 9981 declared " that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed service without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. -
Sweatt v. Painter
It was a unanimous court decision which stated that a school should be built for an African American student that would eventually found to be in fact unequal to the one for white students. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Another landmark supreme court case in which the Court declared state laws with separate but equal were deemed unconstitutional in Topeka, Kansas -
The Bus Boycott of Montgomery, Alabama
The Bus Boycott was a Civil Rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Alabama. First large scale demonstration against segregation. -
The Integration of Little Rock Nine High School
Was a group of nine African American students who enrolled in Little Rock High School in 1957. Their enrollment was tried to be prevented by the principal and the students had to be escorted by the military. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
Was a federal voting rights bill enacted on September 9, 1957 civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress. It Included a number of important protections for African Americans voting rights. -
The Greensboro Four
The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest that started in 1960 when young African american students staged a sit in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and refused to leave after being denied service. The movement was spread to college towns. -
The Freedom Rides of 1960
freedom riders were civil rights activists who buses into Southern States to challenge the non- enforcement of the United States Supreme Court Decision. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
the twenty fourth amendment that prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen can participate in a federal election. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
On September 30, 1962 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 airforce pilot attempting to to integrate schools. -
the integration of the University of Alabama
Facing federalized Alabama National Guard troops Governor George Wallace ends has blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscalosa and allows two African Americans students to enroll -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was where Martin Luther King Jr. went to Washington D.C. to give his famous "i Have a Dream" speech to advocate for civil rights more than 250,000 people attended. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy the 35th President happened November 22, 1963. It happened while they were at a parade in a presidential motorcade through Dealy Plaza in Texas -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended Segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of color, race,religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an African American nationalist and religious leader is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his organizations of Afro- American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington. -
The March of Selma
Was part of a series of civil-rights protests that occurred in 1965 in Alabama, a Southern state deeply entrenched racist policies. In March of that year, in an effort to register black voters in the South, protesters marching the 54- mile route from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was put into effect by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The goal of the act was to overcome legal barriers at the state levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their guaranteed right to vote under the 15th amendment. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968 an event that sent shock waves reverberating around the world. Following this many riots took place. -
The passage of Title IX
On June 23rd 1972 the law prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex. It begins " No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in any school sports . -
The appointment of the First Woman Justice of the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Conner was the first woman justice of the supreme court. A moderate conservative she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions -
The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the Unites States. The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas. Became the first African American to win a presidential election. -
The Elimination of Combat Restrictions for Women
The combat exclusion policy was lifted as of January 24, 2015, following a unanimous recommendation by the joint Chiefs of Staff. Both men and women are eligible to serve in front line combat and complete combat operations. -
The democratic party nominations of Hillary Clinton
Was announced in a Youtube video on April 12, 2015 Hillary was the 67th Secretary of State and served during the term of the Obama administration. She was previously a United States senator of New York and is the wife of former president Bill Clinton.