Civil rights timeline 1950's & 1960's

Sweatt vs Painter

Apr 4, 1950

Supreme court case Sweatt vs. Painter ruled that black professional schools are not equal to white schools.

Civil Rights Timeline

Period: Apr 4, 1950 to Apr 23, 1965

1950's and 1960's civil rights timeline.

Civil rights 1950s and 1960's

Period: Apr 4, 1950 to Feb 14, 1965

Timeline of important social, economic, and political events from the civil rights 1950s and 60s

Immigration and Nationality Act

Jun 27, 1952

Got rid of quota system, changed immigration from Europe to Latin America.

Operation Wetback

Jan 1, 1954

Deported some 3 milllion allegedly undocumented entrants.

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.

Little Rock 9

Sep 23, 1957

Little Rock 9 goes to Little Rock Central High School.

SNCC

Feb 1, 1960

SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee was formed.

Indian New Deal

Apr 30, 1961

Indian New Deal, plans to end tribes and assimilate them into American culture, ends.

Feminine Mystique

Feb 17, 1963

Betty Friednan publishes the Feminine Mystique and starts the moden feminist movement.

EEOC

Apr 23, 1964

Equal Employment Opportunity Comission serve as a watchdog for fair hiring process.

Malcom X

Feb 14, 1965

Malcom X was killed by Nation of Islam gunman