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Civil rights timeline
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Brown vs. board of education
The Supreme Court establishing separate public schools for black and white students. -
Montgomery bus boycott
A protest against segregated seating and public buses in Montgomery, Alabama -
Emmet tills murder
Emmet till gets murders. Tills murder sparks national outrage and activism. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine students integrate Central High School with federal protection. -
Sit-in movement
The sit-in movement, starting in 1980, involved Atrican Americans peacefully protesting segregation by sitting at "whites-only" counter,
playing a key role in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Greensboro sit in
Students begin sit-ins at segregated lunch counters, spreading nationwide. -
Freedom rises
activists traveled by bus into the segregated south to challenge the lack of enforcement of desegregation rulings. -
Equal pay act of 1963
Aimed at abolishing wage discrimination based on gender -
March on Washington
In Washington DC where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. "I Have a Dream" speech. “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." -Martin Luther King Jr -
16th St. bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 1963, Killed four African American girls in Birmingham, Alabama, In an act of racial violence by the Ku Klux Klan. -
JFK assassination
assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade. The event sparked widespread speculation and conspiracy theories. -
Civil rights act of 1964
A landmark law that discriminated based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Post war economic boom
Marked by high growth rates, rising incomes and expanded consumerism. -
Freedom Summer
A campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi during the summer, facing violent opposition. This led to national attention and increased support for voting rights in the South. -
Watts Riot
protests in Los Angeles by racial tensions, leading to a focus on economic and social inequalities in African American communities. -
Voting rights of 1965
A law that banned discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests and poll taxes that kept African Americans from voting. -
Black Panther Party Formation
A revolutionary socialist organization focused on self defense, black power, and fighting police brutality. -
Assassination of Malcom X
The murder of Malcolm X, a prominent black leader and advocate for black nationalism, led to shifts in the civil rights movement. “We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us." -Malcom X -
Fair housing act of 1968
Legislation that prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, or gender.