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Fighting For Our Rights
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linda brown case
Linda Brown, an 8-year-old girl in Topeka, Kansas, lives within walking distance of a whites-only elementary school. Because of segregation, she has to travel by bus to an African-American children. Her father sues the school board of Topeka, and the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case. -
Brown vs. Board of education
The Supreme Court decides Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, arguing that "separate but equal" schools are inherently unequal. The decision declares legal school segregation unconstitutional. -
Teen Killed for whistling at a white woman!
On August 28, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago, is killed near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly whistling at a white woman. -
The Start of the Montgomery BUs boycott
On December 1, Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama leading up to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Martin Luther King Jr. speech
martin luther King jr has an extremely memorable speech that explains why the boycotts must continue: "There comes a time," he says, "that people get tired. We are here this evening to say to those who have mistreated us for so long, that we are tired, tired of being segregated and humiliated, tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression." -
victory for montgomery bus boycott
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the segregation of Montgomery, Alabama, buses is unconstitutional. -
The SCLC was Founded
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded to help stop segration and they promoted civil right and the announce Martin Luther king Jr. ss their president. -
The Little Rock Nine
the federal government uses the military to uphold African Americans' civil rights, as soldiers escort nine African American students to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
The Civil Rights Act is Passed
primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts. -
Cooper Vs. AAron
The Supreme Court decision Cooper v. Aaron rules that a threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation.
