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plessy v.s. ferguson
supreme court ruled that segregation was legal as long as facilities provided "separate but equal" services. -
norris v.s. alabama
overturned the rape conviction of Clarence Norris in Alabama due to the fact that there were no black members on the jury which violated the 14th amendment right. -
morgan v.s. virginia
Irene Morgan convicted for refusing to surrender her seat on a bus to Maryland. supreme court ruled that the bus engaged in interstate commerce and the Virginia law was therefor unconstitutional. -
U.S military desegregates
Truman signs executive order 9981 saying that there shall be equal opportunities for all members of the us armed forces regardless of race. -
sweatt v.s. painter
sweatt sued after being refused admission to the university of Texas law school. texas created a new back school but the supreme court ruled that the new school was inferior in quality and decided in favor of sweatt. -
brown v.s. board of education
supreme overturned the plessy vs ferguson case, rejecting the idea that racially segregated schools could offer equal services.
court ordered the desegregation of public schools. -
rosa parks
refused to give up her eat to a white person on a transportation bus and was arrested. -
southern manifesto
over 100 southern members of congress signed the southern manifesto declaring the courts decision to be abuse of judicial power and pledging to support segregation through every legal avenue available. -
sclc
martin luther king assists in the finding of sclc. -
little rock nine
national guard tried to prevent 9 African american students from enrolling into the school. the president sent the army to protect the students from the mobs. -
sit in
African american men were refused service in a eat in diner, so the men sat there until they were served. -
freedom riders
7 african american men and 6 white activists leave from washington d.c to the rigidly segregated south to test boyton vs Virginia. -
freedom riders attacked
the freedom riders were attacked outside of Birmingham Alabama and anniston, alabama by the KKK. -
king leaving albany
king announces that he is leaving Albany when the albany movement is considered a failure. -
james meredith
Meredith is allowed into the university of Mississippi. -
james meredith
meredith become the first african american to attend the university of Mississippi. -
MLK
MLK is arrested for demonstrating in the city without a permit by the Birmingham police. -
JFK assassinated
JFK is assassinated, but his successor Lyndon passes the civil rights legislation in memory of JFK -
malcom x
Malcolm x is assassinated at the audubon ballroom in Harlem. -
MLK assassinated
MLK was assassinated just as he goes out to the balcony of his hotel room in memphis.