Civil Rights Timeline

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  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
    Ended segregation in schools, overturning the 1896 decision of Plessy v. Ferguson

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man
    Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man, bringing up the idea of the bus boycotts that would go on for over a year

  • Supreme Court rules segregation on buses unconstitutional

    Supreme Court rules segregation on buses unconstitutional
    The boycotters get what they wanted, ending the segregation in buses.

  • Four college students demonstrate first sit-in

    Four college students demonstrate first sit-in
    Four college students in Greensbro, North Carolina, demontrate the first of many sit-ins, demanding to be served or they wouldn't leave until they were.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    Over 200,000 people gather to march for freedom and jobs. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This gave the government something to think about, that would later lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Outlawed discrimination, giving African Americans what they had been fighting for for years. This was ver important in history, making every American with equal rights.