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The Supreme Court Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
It upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." -
The Tuskegee Airman
They would contribute to the eventual integration of the United States military and the eventual desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces in 1948. -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
It symbolized the racial integration of American Society. -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
It was an end to racial segregation in the military. -
The Supreme Court Decision of Sweatt v. Painter
The Supreme Court held that Texas failed to provide separate but equal education, prefiguring the future opinion in Brown that "separate but equal is inherently unequal." -
The Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education
It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
The Death of Emmitt Till
The sight of his brutalized body pushed many who had been content to stay on the sidelines directly into the fight. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance sparked a successful boycott of buses in Montgomery a few days later. She also helped spark the American civil rights movement. -
The Integration of Little Rock High School
Governor Faubus closed all of Little Rock's high schools for the entire year. The Little Rock Nine became an integral part of the fight for equal opportunity in American education. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
It prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. -
The Greensboro Four Lunch Counter Sit-In
They took a stand against segregation. -
The Freedom Rides by Freedom Riders of 1961
They attracted the attention of Kennedy Administration and as a direct result of their work, the Interstate State Commerce Commission issued regulations banning segregation in the interstate travel that fall. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
It abolished a poll tax. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
It was the very first integration of any public educational facility in Mississippi. -
The Integration of the University of Alabama
It was known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of Foster Auditorium. -
The March on Washington & "I Have a Dream" Speech by MLK
The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas
Kennedy had initially delivered 400 special advisors to Vietnam in order to train the Vietnamese soldiers against counter-insurgence, was eliminated in Dallas Tx. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Johnson
It prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
He founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which identified racism, and not the white race, as the enemy of justice. His more moderate philosophy became influential, especially among members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. -
The Selma to Montgomery March: "Bloody Sunday"
They marched to ensure that African-Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
It was signed into law by President Johnson, 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. in Memphis,Tennessee
It energized the Black Power Movement. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of house based on race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap and family status.