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Executive Order 9981
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Approved by Earl Warren. The Brown vs. Board of Education case helped the challenge to segregated pulic schools to all grades -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman -
Rossa Parks does an act of YOLO
Rosa Parks get taken to jail after refusing to move to the back of the bus.
Plus it was tots a YOLO act -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine
African Americans got enrolled into Little Rock Central High School. -
Woolworth sit-ins
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SNCC
Was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. -
Freedom Rides
Students from Congress of Racial Equality launched the freedom rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses from Washington. -
24th Amendment
amendment passed it was ratified by the states in January 23, 1964, Prohibits states from charging a poll tax to vote -
James Meredith
James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights movement figure, a writer, and a political adviser. In 1962, he was the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the American civil rights movement. Motivated by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi.[1] His goal was to put pressure on the Kenn -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
The Letter from Birmingham Jail (also known as "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother") is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr.
The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism, arguing that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws. After an early setback, it enjoyed widespread publication and became a key text for the American civil rights movement of the early 1960s. -
“Bull” Connor uses fire hoses on black demonstrators
It was the second day of the Childs Crusade and "Bull" Conner turned police dogs and water hoses on to non violent protesters. It was aired onto national television and was considered one of the worst events ever aired onto television. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial, and delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech -
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of white supremacist terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
MLK is assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader of the African-American civil rights movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who became known for his advancement of civil rights by using civil disobedience. He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05PM that evening. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, -
Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner
On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers—a 21-year-old black Mississippian, James Chaney, and two white New Yorkers, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24—were murdered near Philadelphia, in Nashoba County, Mississippi. Read more: The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman & Michael Schwerner - Civil Rights Case -
Civil Rights Act 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[4] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.[5] It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (known as "public accommodations"). -
Malcolm X assassinated
Was preparing for to address the organization of Afro-American unity in Manhattan. Malcolm X was reported dead at 3:30pm after being shot 21 times on the stage where he would speak. -
Civil Rights Act 1965
outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national, and religious minorities, and women. -
Los Angeles Race Riots
The Watts Riots (or Watts Rebellion)[1] was a race riot that took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 17, 1965. The six-day unrest resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage. It was the most severe riot in the city's history until the Los Angeles riots of 1992. -
Exuctive Order 11246
It is the policy of the Government of the United States to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment for all qualified persons, to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin, and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive, continuing program in each executive department and agency. -
Black Panthers Founded
The Black Panther Party or BPP (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a black revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. The Black Panther Party achieved national and international notoriety through its involvement in the Black Power movement and U.S. politics of the 1960s and 1970s. -
Loving vs. Virginia
Mildred Loving a black women, and Richard Loving married they were sent to prison because they married each other. -
Civil Rights Act 1968
The Civil Rights Act signed into law in April 1968–popularly known as the Fair Housing Act–prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola)[1][2]—sometimes called the Bogside Massacre[3]—was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army. Thirteen males, seven of whom were teenagers, died immediately or soon after, while the death of another man four-and-a-half months later was attributed to the injuries he received on that day. Two protesters were also injured when they -
Voting Rights Act 1991
Was a statute that was passed in the response of a series of United States Supreme Court decision which limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. -
1992 Los Angeles Race Riots
Was a series of lootings, riots, arsons, and civil disturbances.
