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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court outlaws school segregation. 1.) The court case that allowed saparate but equal facilities was Plessy vs. Ferguson.
2.) Most schools ignored Plessy's "equal" requirement which caused the Brown vs. Board case.
3.)The result of Brown vs. Board of Education was that racial segregation in public educational facilities was ruled unconstitutional. -
Reverand George Lee killed
The rev. George Lee is killed for leading voter-registration drive; Belzoni, Mississippi. -
Lamar Smith murdered
Lamar Smith murdered for organizing black voters; Brookhaven, Mississippi. -
Emmett Louis Till muredered
Emmett Louis Till murdered for speaking to a white woman; Money, Mississippi. -
John Earl Reese Slain
John Earl Reese slain by nightriders opposed to school improvements; Mayflower, Texas -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man; Montgomery, Alabama -
Supreme Court bans segregated seating
Supreme Court bans segregated seating on Montgomery buses. -
Willie Edwards JR. killed
Willie Edwards JR. killed by Klansmen; Montgomery Alabama. -
Congress passes Civil Rights movement
Congress passes the first civil rights act since reconstruction. 1,) President Eisenhower passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
2.) This law stated that all African Americans were ensured the right to vote. -
Eisenhower enforces desegregation
President Eisenhower orders federal troops to enforce school desegregation; Little Rock, Arkansas 1.)Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School.
2.) Eisenhower ordered federal troops to enforce school desegregation and proted the African American students enrolled in the school. -
Mack Charles Parker lynched
Mack Charles Parker taken from jail and lynched; Poplarville, Mississippi. -
Black students stage sit-in
Black students stage sit-in at "whites only" lunch counter ; Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals. -
Freedom Riders attacked
Freedom Riders attacked in Alabama while testing compliance with bus segregation laws. 1.)Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the U.S. Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia, (1960).
2.) Freedom rides were usually organized by the Congress of Racial Equality.
3.) Freedom Riders were just African American and often faced violence by whites. -
Herbert Lee killed
Herbert Lee, a voter registration worker, is killed by white legislator; Liberty, Mississippi. -
Civil Rights groups join forces
Civil Rights groups join forces to launch voter registration drive. -
Corporal Roman Ducksworth JR. taken
CPL. Roman Ducksworth JR. taken from bus and killed by police; Taylorsville, Mississippi. -
Riots erupt
Riots erupt when James Meredith, a black student, enrolls at Ole Miss. 1.) Chaos briefly broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested.
2.),The Kennedy administration called upon federal forces to enforce order. -
Paul Guihard killed
Paul Guihard, a French reporter, killed during Ole Miss riot; Oxford, Mississippi -
William Lewis Moore slain
William Lewis Moore slain during one-man march against segregation; Attalla, Alabama -
Birmingham police attack
Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses. -
George Wallace stands in schoolhouse door to stop integration
Alabama Governer, George Wallace, stands in schoolhouse door to stop university integration. -
Medgar Evers assassinated
Medgar Evers, a Civil Rights leader, is assassinated; Jackson, Mississippi 1.) Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights activist who was involved in trying to overturn segregation in the University of Mississippi.
2.) Medgar Evers was shot to death by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. -
250,000 march
250,000 Americans march on Washington for Civil Rights. 1.) The March on Washington had the purpose of protesting for jobs and freedom for African Americans.
2.) The "I Have A Dream" speech was delivered when everyone met in Washington. -
Schoolgirls killed
Schoolgirls, Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley,killed in the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church; Birmingham, Alabama -
Virgil Lamar Ware killed
Virgil Lamar Ware, Youth killed during wave of racist violence; Birmingham, Alabama -
Poll Tax outlawed
Poll taz outlawed in federal elections. -
Louis Allen assassinated
Louis Allen witness to murder of civil rights worker assassinated; Liberty, Mississippi -
Reverand Bruce Klunder killed
The REV. Bruce Kulnder likked while protesting the construction of segregated school; Cleveland, Ohio -
Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore killed
Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore are killed by klansmen; Meadville, Mississippi -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volenteers to Mississippi -
Civil Rights workers abducted and slain
Civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, abducted and slain by klansmen; Philadelphia, Mississippi -
Civil Rights Act signed
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964 1.) Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Civil rights Act of 1964.
2.) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Penn killed
LT.COL. Lemuel Penn is killed by klansmen while driving north; Colbert, Georgia -
Jimmie Lee Jackson killed
Civil rights marcher, Jimmie Lee Jackson, killed by state trooper; Marion, Alabama -
State troopers beat black marchers
State troopers beat black marchers at Edmund Bridge; Selma, Alabama -
Reverand James Reeb beaten to death
The REV. James Reeb, a march volenteer, is beaten to death; Selma, Alabama -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed
Viola Gregg Liuzzo is killed by klansmen while transporting marchers; Selma Highway, Alabama -
Thousands complete Voting Rights March
Thousands complete the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March 1.)The march to Selma was organized to campaign for African American voting rights.
2.) The marchers were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities.
3.) The March helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South, and the need for a Voting Rights Act, passed later that year. -
Oneal Moore killed
Oneal Moore, a black deputy is killed by nightriders; Varnado, Louisiana -
Congress passes Voting Rights Act
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Willie Brewster killed
Willie Brewster is killed by nightriders; Anniston, Alabama -
Johathan Daniels killed
Jonathon Daniels, a seminary students, is killed by deputy; Hayneville, Alabama -
Samuel Younge JR. killed
Samuel Younge JR., student civil rights activist killed in dispute; Tuskegee, Alabama -
Vernon Dahmer killed
Vernon Dahmer, Black community leader, is killed in klan bombing; Hattiesburg, Mississippi -
Ben Chester White killed
Ben Chester White is killed by klansmen; Natchez, Mississippi -
Clarence Triggs slain
Clarence Triggs is slain by nightriders; Bogalusa, Louisiana -
Wharlest Jackson killed
Wharlest Jackson, a civil rights leader, is killed after promotion to 'White' job; Natchez, Mississippi -
Benjamin Brown killed
Benjamin Brown, a civil rights worker, is killed when police tired on protesters; Jackson, Mississippi -
Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice. 1.) Thurgood Marshall was on the legal counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and helped destroy the Jim Crow Laws
2.) This is an important event because Jim Crow Laws were severely detrimental to African Americans and destrying these laws is a huge step in the right direction for civil rights, -
Students killed
Three students, Samuel Hammond JR., Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith, are killed when highway patrolmen fire on protesters; Orangeburg, South Carolina -
Martin Luther King JR. assassinated
The Reverand DR. Martin Luther King JR., is assassinated; Memphis, Tenessee 1.) Dr. King was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord.
2.) MLK Jr's assassination widened the rift between black and white Americans, as many blacks saw King’s assassination as a rejection of their vigorous pursuit of equality through the nonviolent resistance he had championed
