Civil Rights Timeline

  • Scottsboro Boys

    Scottsboro Boys
    The scottsboro boys were 9 african american boys who were acussed of raping two girls on a train in 1931. They went through many trials with all white juries.
  • The Murder of Emmitt Till

    The Murder of Emmitt Till
    This was the murder of a 14-year-old boy for "Whistling" at a white woman.