Civil Rights Movements of the 1940's-50's

By baileycovey

  • Chambers v. Florida (Color: RED)

    The Supreme Court frees three black men who were coerced into confessing to a murder.

  • March on Washington Movement (Color: BLUE)

    A. Philip Randolph proposes a March on Washington.

  • Fellowship of Reconciliation (Color: GREEN)

    Bernice Fisher, James Russell Robinson, George Houser, James Farmer, Jr., Joe Guinn and Homer Jack — found the Committee on Racial Equality, which becomes Congress of Racial Equality.

  • 1943 Detroit Race Riot (Color: BLUE)

    The 1943 Detroit race riot erupts in Detroit, Michigan.

  • Shelley v. Kraemer (Color: GREEN)

    In Shelley v. Kraemer, and companion case Hurd v Hodge (ACLU) the Supreme Court rules that the government cannot enforce racially restrictive covenants and asserts that they are in conflict with the nation's public policy.

  • Brown v. Board of Education (Color: GREEN)

    The Supreme Court rules against the "separate but equal" doctrine in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. and in Bolling v. Sharpe, thus overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.1954

  • Arrested for Leading a Bus Boycott (Color: BLUE)

    90 black leaders in Montgomery, Alabama are arrested for leading a bus boycott.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Color: GREEN)

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 signed by President Eisenhower.

  • A High School in Arlington, VA Desegregates! (Color: BLACK)

    A high school in Arlington, VA desegregates, allowing four black students.

  • MLK and Fifty Others Arrested (Color: BLACK)

    MLK and fifty others arrested at sit-in at Atlanta’s Rich’s Department Store.