Civil Rights Time-line

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

The Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson and marking a major legal victory for civil rights.

Emmett Till Murder

Aug 28, 1955

14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The open-casket funeral and photos sparked national outrage.

Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man led to a year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.