Civil Rights timeline

Plessy v. Ferguson

May 18, 1896

This lead to the saying "seperate but equal". This also led to the Jim Crow laws.

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

Thurgood Marshal was the Naacp lawyer. Earl Warren was the cheif Justice.

Emmit Till

Aug 28, 1955

Emmit Till was murder burtily by the white. He was killed for trying to get with a white women. His body was shown in an open casket to show how bad he was beat.

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks was aressted on December 1, 1955. She was aressted for not moving seats on a bus for a white guy. She was a major part in changing the ways for Black people.

Little Rock Nine

Sep 25, 1957

The Little Rock nine were the first nine black kids to join a white school. They had to have president Esinhower give them protection from the whites. Was a good start for blacks rights.

SNCC

Apr 12, 1960

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZE0a5-p9pg
The SNCC was a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. It was to give black people more of a say in things. One of the more racial branches.

Freedom rides

May 4, 1961

This allows all interstate rides to be open to all races. Blacks would fill bus and go fill white facilities. People were bombing them and it lead to the Sncc.

Medgar Evers

Jun 12, 1963

Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi that worked to change segregation at the University of Mississippi. He had plans to also gain social justice and voting rights. But he was killed June 12, 1963.

"I Have a Dream" Speech

Aug 28, 1963

The "I have a dream" speech is one of the most iconic speechs that there has ever been. MLK's speech was reached all over the country. This change the way Blacks were treated.

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

The March on washingtons purpose was to create jobs and freedom for African Americans. It was one of the biggest Marches in US history that demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans. This was where MLK gave his "I have a Dreem" speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c2lLYuYU1I

Malcolm X

Feb 21, 1965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHP89mLWOY
Malcolm X was a scary person for all white people. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a crime. Then broke away from Black Muslim and then they later killed him.

Selma, Alabama

Mar 7, 1965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7vrrYVyN3g
The March on Selma was to protest the act of police burtality. There were 600 people that Marched 54 miles. It was also called "bloody Sunday" because of the police attacks, which cause more people to support the march.

Black Panther party

Oct 12, 1966

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/12/4/watch_the_assassination_of_fred_hampton
In this they carried guns to fight back with the police. They were also self-determined and created land, housing, food and etc. for themselves.

MlK

Apr 4, 1968

MLK was sniped while on a balcony in Memphis Tennessee. This led to 120 riots in the cities. MLK was the leader in changing Black African American Rights.

fair housing act

Apr 11, 1968

The fair housing act says that prohibition makes it unlawful to refuse to sell, or rent because of the persons race. Allows blacks to not be denied from buying a house.