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Brown v. Board of Education
The case that allowed separate but equal facilites was the Plessy v. Verguson
Court stated established separate public schools for whits and blacks
It was a major victory for the civil rights movement -
Rev. George Lee killed
Rev. George Lee was killed for leading voter-registration drive in Beizoni, Missippi -
Lamar Smith Killed
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Emmett Till killed
Emmett Luois Till was killed for speaking to a white woman in Money, Missippi -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks got a bus but later was asked from a white male to move seats so he can sit there. Rosa refused even to the police officer and was arrested -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Congress passes the first civil rights act
It let public schools to insegregate -
Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
9 Black students were sent to go to school in a white school.
The government sent in federal troops to protect the students from the rioters -
Mack Parker sent to jail
Mack Charles Parker was taken to jail and lynched in Poplarville, Missippi -
Black student sits at white table
Black students stage sit-in at "whites only" table in Greereboro, North Carolina -
Segregation outlawed in termials
The Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals -
Freedom Riders attacked
Freedom Riders attacked in Alabama while testing compliance with bus desegregation laws
They rode buses down to the segregated south
CORE organized the Freedom Riders
Whites also joined in to the bus riding -
Herbet Lee killed
Herbet Lee a voter registration worker killed by white legislator in Liberty, Missippi -
Civil rights groups join forces
Civil rights groups join forces to launch voter registration drive -
CPL. Roman and Duckworth JR. killed
They were taken from bus and killed by police -
French reporter killed
Paul Guihard was killed during Ole Miss riot, Oxford, Missippi -
Riots erupt
Riots erupt when James Meredith, a black student, enrolls at Ole Miss
There were many riots and fights
They sent in federal troops to hold back the rioters -
William Moore killed
William was slain during one-man mrch agianst segregation in Attalla, Alabama -
Police attack marchers
Birmingham police attack marching children with dgs and fire hoses -
George Wallace tries to stop integregation
George Wallace stands in school house door to stop university integration -
Medgar Evers assassinated
Medgar Evers the Civil rights leader was assassinated in Jackson, Missippi
He was assassinated by a member of the White Citzens Council -
March on Washington
250000 Americans Mach on Washington for civil rights
It was a march for equal rights
Martin Luther Kings Speech -
Schoolgirls dead in bombing
4 schoolgirls were killed in a bombing of Sixteenth Street in Birmingham, Alabama -
Youth killed
Youth were killed during wave of racist violence in Birmingham, Alabama -
Poll tax outlawed
Poll tax was outlawed in federal elections -
Louis allen witness
Louis Allen was a witness to the murder of civil rights worker assassinated in Liberty, Missippi -
Rev. Bruce killing
Bruce Klunder killed protesting construction of segregated school Cleveland, Ohio -
Killing of Henry Dee and Charle Moore
They were killed by Klansmen in Meadville, Missippi -
Freedom Summers
Freedom Summers bring back 1000 young civil rights volunteers to Missippi -
Civil Rights workers abducted
Civil Rights workers were Abucted and killed by the Klansmen in Philadelphia, Missippi -
Civil Rights Act signed
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Act outlawed segregation -
LT. COL. Lemuel Penn killed
The LT. COL. was killed by the Klansmen -
Civil Rights marcher killed
Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by State trooper in Marion Alabama -
March to Selma
State troopers beat back marchers.
The marchers were marching for voting rights.
They got beat down by state troopers that got in their way
Many people got arrested -
March volunteer beaten
Rev. James Reeb was beaten to death in Selma, Alabama -
Viola Liuzzo killed
Viola Gregg Liuzzo was killed by Klansmen while transporting marchers on Selma Highway, Alabama -
March Complete
Thousands complete the Selma to Mont -
Oneal Moore killed
Oneal moore the black deputy was killed by the nightraiders in Varnado, Louisiana -
Voting Rights Act
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Willie Brewster killed
Willie Brewster was killed by the night raiders in Anniston, Alabama -
Jonathan Daniels killed
Jonathan Daniels was killed by the deputy of Hayneville, Alabama -
Sanuel Young Jr. killed
Samuel Young Jr. a student civil rights activist was killed in dispute in Tuskegee, Alabama -
Vernon Dahmer killed
Vernon Dahmer, a black community leader was killed in a bombing by the Klansmen in Hattieburg, Missippi -
Ben White killed
Ben Chester White was killed by Klansmen in Natchez, Missippi -
Clarence Triggs killed
Clarence Triggs was killed by nightriders in Bogaluga, Louisiana -
Wharlest Jackson killed
Wharlest Jackson a civil rights leader was killed after promotion to a white job in Natchez, Missippi -
Benjamin Brown killed
Benjamin Brown a civil rights worker was killed when the police of Jackson, Missippi fired on protesters -
Thurgood Marshall sworn
Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice
He was a lawyer before he became justice
It was a big step in defeating segregation -
Student Protestors killed
Samuel Hammond Jr,, Delano Middleston and Henry Smith were student protesters that were shot and killed by Orangeburg, South Carlina highway patrolmen -
Rev. Cr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
He was planning national occupation of Washington D.C.
He was a big icon for freedom and desegregation
