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Brown v. board of education
The supreme court rules that the school segregation is unconstitutional, overruling plessy v. ferguson, the case that established the " separate but equal". -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks Boycott Montgomery Ala. public bus system for a year after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till, a black teenager is found dead after flirting with a white women. evidence points to two white men, but they are acquitted by an all-white jury. -
little rock desegregation
President Eisenhower sends the national guard to little rocks central high school to protect nine black students as they desegregate the school. -
Sit in Campaigns
Students Across the country stage sit-ins to protest the segregation in restaurants. -
Freedom Rides
Volunteers travel around the south by bus in an attempt to desegregate bus terminals. -
March on Washington
Nearly 200,000 people march on Washington, D.C MLK gives " i have a dream speech" -
birmingham protests
protesters march on birmingham, ala MLK is jailed and writes his "letter from birmingham jail" -
Assassination of JFK
Kennedy a supporter of the civil rights movement, is killed during a parade in Dallas. -
nobel peace prize
MLK is awarded the nobel peace prize for his work in the civil rights movement -
The civil rights Act
legislation signed by president johnson prohibits discrimination in all public places. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X black nationalist and a previous leader of the nation islam, is assassinated in New York
