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Plessy V. Ferguson
A supreme court landmark case where it was ruled that it was constitutional to have "separate but equal" places for blacks and whites. -
Formation of NAACP
NNACP stands for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People which is a civil rights organization in the United States -
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark Supreme Court case. the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery. -
Formation of SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Was primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
Boynton v. Virginia
The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal that was whites only -
Malcolm X leads the Nation of Islam
African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, who created concepts of race pride and black nationalism -
Greensboro Sit-In
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro -
Formation of SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was an important organization of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s -
First Freedom Ride
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States -
James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss
An African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi. -
Birmingham Protests
A movement organized in early 1963 by SCLC to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans -
March on Washington
A political rally for Jobs and Freedom. -
24th Amendment Passed
United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally -
Selma March
three protest marches along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states -
Black Panthers founded
A revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
defines housing discrimination as the refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race, color, religion, or national origin. -
MLK Jr. assassinated
WAs fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room -
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
On June 5, 1968, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
