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separate but equal
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers
Robinson breaks the color barrier by being the first black to play major league baseball in modern times -
Armed forces integrated
Pres. Truman issues executive order requiring integrated units in the armed forces -
brown v board of education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
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. -
bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
little rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower -
sit in protest
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
james merideth
Meredith became the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Meredith's admission is regarded as a pivotal moment in the history of civil rights in the United States. -
church explosion
4 black girls are killed by bomb planted in church in Birmingham -
Desegregation drive in Birmingham
King and SCLC oppose local laws that support segregation. Riots, fire-bombing, and police are used against protestors -
MLK arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
birmingham jail
In response to white ministers who urge him to stop causing disturbances, King issues articulate statement of nonviolent resistance to wrongs of American society -
medger evers murderd
Head of Mississippi NAACP is shot outside his home -
freedom rides
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
civil rights
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Watts Riots
In first of more than 100 riots, Los Angeles black suburb erupts in riots, burning, looting, and 34 deaths -
MALCOM X
assassination of Malcolm X -
selma march
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
tests
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. -
detroit riots
Detroit Riot of 1967, series of violent confrontations between residents of predominantly African American neighborhoods of Detroit and the city’s police department that began on July 23, 1967, and lasted five days. The riot resulted in the deaths of 43 people, including 33 African Americans and 10 whites. Many other people were injured, more than 7,000 people were arrested, and more than 1,000 buildings were burned in the uprising -
MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis -
Kennedy
June 6, 1968, Kennedy was mortally wounded when shot with a pistol by Sirhan Sirhan,
