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The KKK
The KKK is a racist group of hateful people who both discriminated and killed black people. -
Separate but equal is not unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites -
Creation of the NAACP
This group of African Americans made huge strides to fight for African Americans rights. -
The term separate but equal violates the 14th amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools -
Rosa Parks Stands up for her rights
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Integration of schools
After two years that had passed since brown vs board of education the judge ordered the new Orleans parish school board to design an effective way to desegregate the new Orleans public schools. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
The Church Bombing
When coming down the steps in a church a bomb suddenly went off killing 4 little innocent girls. -
Lunch Sit In
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
James Meredith Enrolls at the University of Mississippi
He was the first black student to attend college at the university of Mississippi. -
MLK is Arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
Letters From Birmingham Jail
MLK wrote some letters while he was in jail about how racist and how the way that they treat black people from white people is disgusting he also talks a lot about god in it. -
The Death of Medgar Evers
The reason i put him on this list with Malcolm x is because he worked in the NAACP as a secretary. -
Emmett till was murdered
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Landmark Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Malcolm X Death
Malcolm X was hold a sermon at his local mosque where he was shot 15 times to death -
Selama
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
LBJ outlaws voting discrimination against colored people
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Black Panthers Founded
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers -
MLK was Assasinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis -
The Last Lynching
Micheal Donald was lynched after walking home from school who was held at gun point and told to get in a car.
