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Brown v. Board of Education
The court case that allowed seperate but equal facilities wasn Plessy v. Ferguson. The reason this case started was because a class action suit was was to be filed toward the Board of Education in Topeka Kansas.The result was to outlaw school segregation. -
Rev. George Lee Killed
The Rev. George Lee was killed because he lead voter-registration drive. -
Lamar Smith Murdered
Lamar Smith organized black voters and was killed for it. -
Emmett Louis Till murder
Emmett Till was killed because he tried to speak to a white woman. -
John Earl Reese
John Earl Reese was killed by people who were against improvement of schools. -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks was riding a bus after a long day when a white man demanded she get out of the seat for him. When she refused, she was arrested. -
Bus boycott
A bus boycott in Montgomery started on this day. -
Segregated seating
Segregated seating was banned by the Supreme court on Montgomery buses. -
Willie Edwards Jr. killed
Klansmen killed Willie Edwards Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama -
Civil rights act
President Eisenhower passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This law states that all Americans have the right to vote. -
Enforce desegregation
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Mack Charles Parker
Mack Charles Parker was taken out of jail and killed. -
Sit in
At a "whites only" lunch counter, black students had a sit-in. -
Bus terminals
The Supreme Court banned segregation from any buses. -
Freedom Riders
The Congress of Racial Equality, which is a civil rights group, sent out Freedom Riders which were buses used to protest segregation. Freedom riders weren't just African Americans, they were Whites too. -
Herbert Lee
Herbert Lee, who was a voter registration worker was killed by a white legislator. -
Registration drive
Cvil rights groups launched a voter registration drive. -
Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr. killed
Roman Ducksworth was killed by police after being taken from a bus. -
Riots
James Meredith tried to enroll in Ole Miss but riots erupted. The government came in to ensure the safety of James. -
Paul Guihard killed
Paul Guihard who was a French reporter was killed in the Ole Miss riot. -
William Lewis Moore
William Lewis Moore was killed during a segregation march. -
Children attack
Police in Birmingham attacked children with fire hoses and dogs. -
George Wallace
George Wallace who was the Governer of Alabama stopped university integration. -
Medgar Evers
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March
The March's purpose was to show the challenges that Africans Americans faced. This was where Martin Lither King made his famous "I had a dream" speech. -
Schoolgirls
The schoolgirls Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mcnair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. -
Virgil Lamar Ware
Virgil Lamar Ware was killed during a racist violence wave. -
Poll Tax
In federal elections, poll tax was outlawed. -
Louis Allen
Louis Allen who witnessed a civil rights worker murder was killed. -
Bruce Klunder killed
Rev. Bruce Klunder was killed while protesting. -
Henry Hezekiah & Charles Eddie Moore
Henry Hezekiah and Charles Eddie Moore were killed by Klansmen -
Freedom summer
1,000 young civil rights volunteers were recruited by Freedom SUmmer. -
Workers abducted
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner who were civil rights workers were kidnapped and killed. -
President Johnson
President Johnson passed the Civil rights law of 1964 which is what ends discrimination against race, color, reliion, sex, or national origin. -
Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn killed
Lemuel Penn was killed by Klansmen. -
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Jimmie Lee Jackson who was a civil rights marcher was killed by a state trooper. -
Marchers
Marchers were beat back by state troopers. -
Rev. James Reeb
A march volunteer was beaten to death. -
Voting Rights March
The Selma March was organized to get black voters in the south. The marchers faced violent resistance. The outcome led them to reach their goal. -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Viola was killed by Klansmen. -
Oneal Moore killed
Nightstanders killed a black officer. -
Voting Rights
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by Congress -
Willie Brewster
Nighstanders killed Willie Brewster. -
Jonathon Daniels
Deputy killed seminary student. -
Samuel Younge Jr.
Student civil rights activist, Samuel Younge Jr, was killed -
Vernon Dahmer
Vernon Dahmer who was a black community leader is killed by Klan bombing. -
Ben Chestner White
Klansmen kill Ben Chestner White. -
Clarence Triggs
Nightriders kill Clarence Triggs. -
Wharlest Jackson
After promotion to a 'white' job, Wharlest Jackson, who was a civil rights worker was killed. -
Benjamin Brown
Benjamin Brown is killed by police. -
Thurgood Marshall
Before becoming first Supreme Court justice, Thurgood was a lawyer. It was a large achievement for African Americans. -
Students killed
Samuel Hammond Jr, Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith was killed by patrolmen. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was killed at the Lorraine Motel. It had a big impact on both whites and blacks because he was a civil rights worker who mad a change with his speech.
