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1896 BCE
Plessy V. Ferguson
The Supreme Court case that upheld the separate but equal doctrine. -
NAACP Founded
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Race Riots
The youth during the 60's was very adamant about being the change the world needed. In Detroit for example, blacks started rioting for equal rights. This ended brutally and violently. -
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
Legal segregation in schools was dismissed. -
De Jure vs. De facto segregation
This idea imposed the difference of "Rights by law" and "God-Given rights" . -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Four days before Rosa Park's brave move, the African American people of Montgomery, Alabama had planned to yield their seat on the bus, in which Park's was arrested and gained national media attention. -
Rosa Parks
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Emmett Till
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Little Rock School Integration
Nine black students enrolled in a formerly all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Sit-ins
Non-violent student sit-ins to raise awareness of the intensity of segregation in the United States. -
Freedom Rides
Known as "Freedom riders", these civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. -
Malcolm X
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March on Washington
This peaceful march was led by MLK in an attempt to show White America that Blacks of the time needed to remove segregation. -
March on Birmingham
In Alabama, Blacks from all over came to protest segregation and impose integration. The SCLC and MLK worked hard to prove a point which led to retaliation from the Police. -
24th amendment
The government abolished the poll tax for federal elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The legislation passed in 1964 that outlawed the discrimination of race, sex, gender, religion, color, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lyndon Johnson aimed to overcome legal barriers for voting rights at a state level. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
Martin Luther King led an intense 54- mile walk to prove to segregation supporters that the African American community would not stop at any cost in order to get their rights. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Black Panther Party founded
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Thurgood Marshall
