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Brown V. Board of Education
The case that allowed seperate but equal facilities was Plessy V. Ferguson. Oliver Brown's Daughter had to walk six blocks to the bus to get to her black school, when she could just walk down the street to catch the bus to go to the white school. This was unfair and very rascist. The supreme court ruled in Brown's favor 9-0 -
Reverend George Lee is Killed
George Lee is killed for leading a voter registration drive in Belzoni, Mississippi -
Lamar Smith is Killed
Lamar Smith is murdered for organizing black voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi -
Emmett Louis Till Is Murdered
Emmett Louis Till is murdered for talking to a white woman in Money, Mississippi -
John Earl Reese is Killed
John Earl Reese is killed by nightriders who are opposed to school improvements in Mayflower, Texas -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks was riding the bus on December 1, 1955 and was asked to move to another seat so a white man could sit down. She refused and was arrested because she refused -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans began to boycott the Montgomery Bus System after Rosa Parks was arrested -
Montgomery Buses Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court bans segregated seating on Montgomery Buses -
Willie Edwards Jr. is Killed
Willie Edwards Jr. is killed by Klansmen in Mongomery, Alabama -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower passed this law and it created the Civil Rights Section in the Justice Department. This also created the Civil Rights Commission and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions with anyone who interefered with someone's right to vote -
Eisenhower Orders Federal Troops in Little Rock, Arkansas
Eisenhower ordered Federal Troops to enforce school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African Americans from enrolling at an all white school. Eisenhower sent 1,000 Army paratroopers to control the Arkansas National Guard and keep peace in the high school in Little Rock. -
Mack Charles Parker is Lynched
Mack Charles Parker is taken from jail and lynched in Poplarville, Mississippi. -
Black Students Stage Sit-In in Greensboro
Black Students stage sit in at a whites only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina -
Supreme Court Decision on Bus Segregation
The Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals -
Freedom Riders Are Attacked
The Freedom Riders test the compliance of bus desegregation laws. The Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped organize freedom rides. There were whites who joined this movement and they felt that they could do this without being too risky. This really is when white people begin to support integration. -
Herbert Lee is Killed
Herbert Lee was a voter registration worker that was killed by a white legislator in Liberty, Mississippi -
Civil Rights Groups Join Forces
Civil Rights Groups join forces to launch a voter registration drive -
Corporal Roman Ducksworth Junior is killed
CPL. Roman Ducksworth Junior is taken from a bus and is killed by police in Taylorsville, Mississippi -
James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
Riots Broke out at Ole Miss when James Meredith attempted to enroll there. Kennedy ordered national guardsmen and federal troops to keep peace at Ole Miss -
Paul Guihard is killed
Paul Guihard, a French reporter is killed during the Ole Miss riot in Oxford, Mississippi -
William Morris Moore is killed
William Lewis Moore is slain during one-man march against segregation in Attalla, Alabama -
Birmingham Police attack children
Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses -
Alabama Governor attempts to stop university integration
Alabama Governor George Wallace stands in schoolhouse door to stop university integration -
Medgar Evans is assassinated
Medgar Evans was a civil rights leader that was assassinated. He worked for the NAACP as a voter registration organizer. He became a high profile member of the NAACP which made him a target. He was shot in the back at his home in Jackson. -
250,000 Americans march on Washington for Civil Rights
Americans wanted Civil Rights so 250,000 of them went to Washington to protest Civil Rights issues. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his I have a Dream speech here. -
Four Schoolgirls Killed in Church Bombing
Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley are killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama -
Virgil Lamar Ware is Killed
Virgil Lamar Ware is killed during a racist wave of violence in Birmingham, Alabama -
Poll Tax Outlawed
Poll Tax is outlawed in Federal Elections -
Louis Allen Witnesses a Murder
Louis Allen witnesses a murder of a civil rights worker in Liberty, Mississippi -
Reverand Bruce Klunder is Killed
Reverand Bruce Klunder is killed protesting consturction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio -
Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore are Killed
These two men are killed by Klansmen in Meadville, Mississippi -
Freedom Summer begins
Freedom Usmmer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi -
Three Civil Rights Workers are Abducted and Killed
James Cheney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner are abducted and slain by Klansmen in Philadelphia, Mississippi -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This law was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and it outlawed discrimination on the basis on race, color, sex, religion, or nationality -
Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn is Killed
Lemuel Penn is killed by Klansmen while driving north in Colbert, Georgia -
Jimmie Lee Jackson is killed
Jimmie Lee Jackson, a civil rights marcher is killed by a state trooper in Marion, Alabama -
March to Selma
This march was organized to help African Americans gain Voting Rights. These people faced state troopers with all sorts of tear gas and billy clubs. They made it from Selma to Montgomery and eventually earned Voting Rights later that year -
Reverand James Reeb is beaten to death
Reverand James Reeb, a march volunteer is beaten to death in Selma, Alabama -
The March is completed
Thousands complete the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo is Killed
Viola Gregg Liuzzo is killed by Klansmen while transporting marchers on the Selma Highway -
Oneal Moore is killed
Oneal Moore, a black deputy is killed by nightriders in Varnado, Louisiana -
Voting Rights Act is Passed
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Willie Brewster is Killed
Willie Brewster is killed by nightriders in Anniston, Alabama -
Johnathan Daniels is Killed
Johnathan Daniels, a seminary student is killed by deputy in Haynesville, Alabama -
Samuel Younge Jr. is Killed
Samuel Younge Jr. is a student and civil rights activist and is killed in a dispute in Tuskegee, Alabama -
Vernon Dahmer is killed in a bombing
Vernon Dahmer a black community leader is killed in a Klan bombing in Hattiesburg, Alabama -
Ben Chester White is Killed
Ben Chester White is Killed by Klansmen in Natchez, Mississippi -
Clarence Triggs is Slain
Clarence Triggs is slain by nightriders in Bogalusa, Louisiana -
Wharlest Jackson is Killed After Being Promoted
Wharlest Jackson, a civil rights leader is killed after being promoted to a "white" job in Natchez Mississippi -
Benjamin Brown is Killed
Benjamin Brown, a civil rights worker is killed when police fired on protesters in Jackson, Mississippi -
Thurgood Marshall is Sworn in As The First Black Supreme Court Justice
Before becoming a Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer that was known for his great arguing skills. This was monumental because before any cases that went to the Supreme Court involved white men so you didn't have someone of color to hear that person's side of the story. Also this was the first minority to be represented on the Supreme Court -
Three Students are Killed on the Highway
Samuel Hammond Jr, Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith are killed when highway patrolmen fire on protesters in Orangeburg, South Carolina -
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
MLK went to Memphis to support African American city sanitation workers protest. He later gave a speech that was his last sppech ever. Then the next day he was shot by a sniper at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. This was a huge impact on both whites and African Americans because MLK was a huge symbol for Civil Rights in America
