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Plessy v Ferguson
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
Shelley v Kraemer
A case in the United States Supreme Court ends with a decision that prohibits racially restrictive housing covenants. -
Brown v Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower -
Woolworth Protest
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
French Reporter Dead
Paul Giuhard was killed by gunfire from a white mob during protests over the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. -
James Meredith
James Meredith became the first black student to enroll in the University of Mississippi. -
Birmingham Arrest
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
William Lewis Moore
A postman fro Baltimore was shot and killed during a one-man march against segregation. Moore planned to deliver a letter to the governor of Mississippi urging an end to intolerance. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people march on Washington D.C. to demand an immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Birmingham Bombing
An act of white supremacist terrorism resulted in the deaths of four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. -
Bruce W. Klunder
Klunder was among civil rights activists who protested construction of a segregated school by standing in the way of construction equipment. He was crushed to death when a bulldozer backed over him. -
Civil Rights Act of '64
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X is shot and killed by members of the Nation of Islam while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
March on Montgomery
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Viola G. Liuzzo
Liuzzo was driving alone from Detroit to Alabama to help with the Selma march. She was ferrying marchers between Selma and Montgomery when she was shot and killed by a Klansman in a passing car. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the "Black Power" political group known as the Black Panthers -
MLK Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
Bobby Kennedy Assassination
Bobby Kennedy, a supporter of civil rights, was shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan. -
Michael Donald Lynching
Members of the United Klans of America targeted a random kid and severely beat him before murdering him. His mother took the Klans to court and ended up dismantling their organization by acquiring and tearing down their headquarters when they couldn't pay $7 million.
