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Brown-VS-Board of Education verdict is handed down
Linda Brown wanted to go to an all white school close to her home but she was forced to walk a long, dangerous distance to her school. The courts ruled she could go to the close school. -
Rosa Parks is Arrested
Rosa Parks was a highly educated African American seamstress who road a white passenger bus to work. One day on the bus, all the seats were filled and African Americans were supposed to let the white people have their seats. Rosa would not give up her seat and was arrested for it. -
SCLC is formed
The Montgomery Improvement Association was expanded in to the Southlern Christian Leadership Conference after the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The SCLC wanted to end discrimination in a nonviolent way of resisting. -
Little Rock Nine able to enter Central High School
Little Rock's desegregation plan to allow nine African American students to attend the all-shite Central High School. Governor Faubus was against it and ordered the National Guard to surround the school and did not let the students enter the school for three weeks. -
SNCC is Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was formed by student activist in the South. They organized sit-ins by sitting in a location and refusing to leave. 50,000 African Americans and whites were involved in the SNCC. -
James Meredith Admitted to the University of Mississippi
The NAACP got a court order to allow James Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi. Ross Barnett, the Governor said no school will be integrated while he is governor and personally blocked him from registering causing a riot. -
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" is written by Martin Luther King Jr.
King had been told over and over to wait to protest. His letter was to tell people that it was time to quit waiting. He said, "justice too long delayed is justice denied". -
I Have a Dream Speech
King's final speech at the peak of his civil right's career at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. He told about his dream of what the United States should be like. -
JFK is Assasinated
Kennedy's open-car motorcade drove through Dallas from the airport. Kennedy was shot, died, and within hours, Lyndon Johnson, the Vice-President was the new President. -
24th Amendment is Passed
The 24th amendment banned paying poll taxes to vote. It did not apply to state elections but gave hope Civil Rights activists. -
Freedom Summer
Moses's plan to recruit volunteers on university campuses in the North. They were helping to educate African Americans to register to vote. -
Three CORE members disappear in Mississippi
Andrew Goodman, James, Chaney, and Michael Schwerner bodies were found buried in the ground after they had been helping African Americans to vote. Goodman and Schwerner were white. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is Passed
Banned employers from discriminating against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Malcom X is Assasinated
Malcom X started with a violent approach to ending discrimination but he underwent a transformation and practiced more Islamic beliefts. He was gunned down by three Black Muslim assissins. -
March on Selma
African Americans who attempted to register to vote in Selma were beaten and arrested. 600 people marched to Selma and were attacked by police. It was called "Bloody Sunday". -
Watts Riot
Six day riot in a Los Angeles neighborhood that killed 34 people and caused $40 million dollars in damage to property. -
Black Panthers are Formed
An organization of black youths who joined to form a political organization. It called for determining their own destiny and for basic nessicities and the formation of a black self defense froup to defend against racial oppression. -
Detroit Riots
Five day riot that killed 43 people and was the worst in US history so far. The riot started after police raided an after hours bar and a riot started that destroyed 2000 buildings. -
MLK is Assasinated
King was Memphis, TN to support the sanitation worker's strike. He was shot by a sniper and it caused African American neighborhoods to explode in violence. A week of rioting happened and 45 people were killed.
