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Plessy vs. Ferguson
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Temple Bombing
In the early hours of October 12, 1958, fifty sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entranceway at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent synagogue, more commonly known as "the Temple. -
Lunch Sit-In
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store -
University of Georgia Integration
The federal district court Judge W. A. Bootle ordered the immediate admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, ending 160 years of segregation at the school. -
Freedom riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
Bailey v. Patterson
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bailey v. Patterson declares that segregation in transportation facilities is unconstitutional. -
MLK arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
Equal Pay Act
Passing Congress in 1963, the Equal Pay Act is a federal law requiring that employers pay all employees equally for equal work, regardless of whether the employees are male or female. -
Medger Evers
Head of Mississippi NAACP, Medger Evers is shot outside his home in Mississippi. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Church Bombing
The Birmingham church bombing happened when a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama—a church with a predominantly black congregation that also served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. -
24th Ammendement
The House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86. -
Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Nobel Peace Prize
In 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his dynamic leadership of the Civil Rights movement and his ideas of non-violent protests. -
Malcom X
In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
March at Selma
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Black Panthers founded
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
Thurgood Marshall
Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in Thurgood Marshall as the first African American Supreme Court justice. -
MLK assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis.
