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Emmett Till Lynched
A 14 year old boy who was visiting relatives down south after a white woman said she was offended by him. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A protest against segregation on public buses. -
Little Rock 9
A group that called themselves Little Rock 9, African-American students, who enrolled in Little Rock high school in 1957 -
Ruby Bridges Attends School in New Orleans
A six year-old child, Ruby Bridges, entered an all white school in an attempt to end segregation. -
Greensboro Sit-In Movement
Sit-ins to protest inequality of lunch counters by not allowing African-Americans to sit at them. -
Freedom Riders
Activists that rode on buses into segregated town, southern mainly. -
James Meredith Enrolls at University of Mississippi
He became the first African-American student to enroll at the University Mississippi. -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
A letter that MLK Jr. wrote addressing preachers and priests, because they had an abundance of power of the people, telling them to stand up and demand their rights. -
University of Alabama Desegregated
John F. Kennedy ordered National guard troops to go and force the desegregation of the University of Alabama. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
He was shot in the driveway just outside his home by a white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. -
March On Washington
This event was massive. About 250,000 people marched to the Lincoln Memorial statue in Washington D.C. Some know it as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This event was mostly about equality for everyone. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
A bombing that occurred on a Sunday morning during Sunday school. The bombing ended up in the downstairs girl's bathroom and resulted in the deaths of four little girls, leaving a fifth one blind for the rest of her life. -
Freedom Summer Project
An attempt in Mississippi to register as many African-Americans voters a possible. -
24th Amendment
In January of 1964 on the 23rd the fee for voting known as Poll Tax was prohibited and the 24th amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Multiple acts in order to end ALL segregation against race, color, religion, gender, etc. -
Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
MLK Jr. wins the Nobel Peace Prize and was the youngest ever at the age of thirty-five. -
March on Selma
A 54-mile march from Selma to the capital of Montgomery where the protesters were met with bloody violence from the local authorities and white vigilante groups. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This law prohibits racial discrimination when voting. -
Watts Riots
A riot which lasted five days and left 34 victims dead, and more than a thousand injured. Along with injuries, $40 million worth of property was destroyed. -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
Was the Court's 96th justice and the first African-American justice. -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
MLK Jr. was shot to death in Memphis in his motel room at the Lorraine Motel by James Earl Ray.
