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Plessy v. Ferguson
A decision in the Supreme Court upholding the contstitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation under the doctrine od "separate but equal." -
Brown v. Board of Education
A decision in the Supreme Court which ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment and that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. -
Emmett Till
The moral justification for the Civil Rights movement which began when an African-American boy, Emmett Till, was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The campaign that began when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of African-American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School who were originally prevented from entering the racially segregated school by the governor of Arkansas. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
A voting rights bill for all Americans that was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States. -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
James Meredith
The first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. -
Assassination of John Kennedy
The assassination of the 35th President of the United States taking place in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. -
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Amendment to the United States Constitution that prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A piece of civil rights legislation that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and also woman. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
The assassination of the Malcolm X taking place in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
The marches and protests that marked the political and emotional peak of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. taking place at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
A piece of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin. -
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
The assassination of Robert Kennedy taking place at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
