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Plessy vs Ferguson
Supreme court ruling of "separate but equal," making segragation constatutional according to the U.S. government. -
Formation of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was a bi-racial group for civil rights. -
Brown vs Board of Education in Topeka
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case where it was declared state laws of segragation in schools unconsitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Protest of segregation in the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama. Events like these happened many times. -
Formation of SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a black civil rights organization, with its first president being Martin Luther King Jr. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
Nine black girls known more commonly as "Little Rock Nine" enrolled and entered a prestigous school of 2,000 white students. -
Greensboro Sit-In
Series of nonviolent sit-ins to protest segregation in restaurants, and lead to the lift of racial segration in the south. -
Formation of SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major civil right organization which focused on pacifism. -
Boynton v. Virginia
Supreme Court lifted charges of a black man in a segregated restaurant in Virginia. -
Malcolm X leads the Nation of Islam
He was a chosen leader after being converted to Islam and didn't agree with Martin Luther King Jr.'s advocation of nonviolence. -
First Freedom Ride
Civil rights activists rode buses to segregated parts in the South to protest the nonenforcment of Supreme Court rulings against segregation. -
James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss
Black student, James Meredith, is first to integrate with the white college of Ole Miss, resulting in many riots. -
Birmingham Protests
Organized by the SCLC to bring attention to the anti-segragation against -
March on Washington
Ended with the famous speech from Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream." -
24th Amendment Passed
Got rid of poll taxes and are unable to deny someone the right to vote if they can't pay. -
Freedom Summer
Attempt to get more black voters. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws ANY kind of discrimination. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm X was shot before he was about to deliver a speech about his new organization called the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
