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Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court case about Jim Crow railroad cars in Louisiana; the Court decided by 7 to 1 that legislation could not overcome racial attitudes, and that it was constitutional to have "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites. -
Formation of NAACP
Is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. -
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
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
It was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama -
Formation of SCLC
Is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
It was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Established a Civil Rights Commission, but had little real effect and was mostly symbolic -
Boynton v. Virginia
This case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only" -
Greensboro Sit-In
They were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States -
Formation of SNCC
It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University -
First Freedom Ride
A group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. -
James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss
An African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi -
Birmingham Protests
Black protest regarding the segregation of schools, restaurants, bathrooms and work buildings. -
March on Washington
200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
24th Amendment Passed
Prohibted any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Freedom Summer
This was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississsippi -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Malcolm X leads the Nation of Islam
Prominent figure in the Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was shot before he was about to deliver a speech about his new organization called the Organization of Afro-American Unity -
Selma March
The main focus of its efforts was to register black voters in the South -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting -
Black Panthers founded
The Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
It stopped the discrimination of housing based on race, color, religion, or national origin. -
MLK Jr. assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
