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Emmett Till is murdered
Emmett Till was an African American boy who was abducted and tortured in Mississippi. He was accused of offending a white woman. -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for not getting up after a white person tried to take her seat on a bus. She was honored as the "first lady of civil rights" -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a social and political protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. A foundational event in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. -
Little Rock Nine Intervention
The little rock was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central Highschool. They had to make there through a crowd that throwing and shouting obsecenities at them. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed
President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights act of 1957. This marked the first reconstruction that the federal government took significant legislative action to protect civil rights. -
Integration of Ole Miss Riots
Riots on the campus of the Univeristy Mississippi in Oxford. Students and segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, A black air force veteran attempting to integrate the all white school. -
George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”
The stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the Univerisity of of Alabama on June 6, 1963. An act by George Wallace to attempt to keep his inaugral promise of "segregation now, segregation tommorrow, segregation forever". -
Medgar Evers shooting
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, who was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
This bomb killed 4 african american girls on the other side and injured 20 people inside of the church. This was an act of racial hatrid -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed
This act was signed into law by president Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964. It prohibited discrimination in public places, provided integration of schools, and made employment discrimination illegal -
Malcolm X is murdered
Malcom X was a African American muslim minister and human rights activist. He was shot multiple times and later died from the wounds in Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY. -
The Selma Marches / Bloody Sunday
This was three protest marches in 1965 along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol of montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed
The United States Senate passed the voting rights act of 1965. The issue of voting rights had come to the forefront because of a voter registration drive launched by Civil Rights activists in Selma, Alabama. -
Black Panther Party is formed
The Black Panther party was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. It was for self defense with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self defense. -
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr was an american christian minister and activist. He was shot dead while standing on balconcy of his second floor room at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.