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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. -
Brown V Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Montgomery 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. -
Temple Bombing
fifty sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entranceway at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent synagogue, more commonly known as "the Temple." -
Augusta Movement
students from Augusta's historically black Paine College initiated the direct action phase of the city's Civil Rights movement when they organized sit-ins at area department stores. -
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. -
University of Georgia Integration
federal district court Judge W. A. Bootle ordered the immediate admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, ending 160 years of segregation at the school. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voter's rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November of 1961 -
Ole Miss Riot
The Ole Miss riot of 1962, or Battle of Oxford, was fought between Southern segregationists and federal and state forces -
MLK Arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
JFK Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in a presidential motorcade. -
Civil Rights into Law
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
March From Selma
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Bloody Sunday
This march went down in history as Bloody Sunday for the violent beatings state troopers inflicted on protesters as they attempted to march peacefully from Selma, Ala., to the state capital, Montgomery -
SCOPE Project
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) launched an innovative grassroots organizing campaign, the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project -
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. -
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
nearly one thousand workers refused to report to work demanding higher wages, safer working conditions, and recognition of their union, local 1733 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
Bobby Kennedy Assassination
was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968
