-
Jim Crow Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Murder of 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. -
Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
The Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Temple Bombing
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." -
Sit-in
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
Albany movement
residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life. -
Georgia Tech Interigation
To avoid the civil unrest that attended the University of Georgia's court-ordered desegregation, officials at Georgia Tech began plotting an integration strategy -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
NAACP convention
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its annual convention in Atlanta. -
NAACP covention
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its annual convention in Atlanta. -
Ole Miss Integration
riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
MLK and others arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
University of Alabama Integration
a federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Heart of Atlanta
two Atlanta business owners captured national attention when they refused to comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. -
Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Malcom X assassination
Black religious leader Malcolm X is assassinated during a rally by members of the Nation of Islam. -
Selma to Montgomery march
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
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers. -
MLK assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis.
