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Court case that ruled that segregation laws are cositutional.
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Founding of an Organization made to advance African-American opportunities. Created by W.E.B DuBois and Jane Addams.
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Jackie Robinson broke one of many color barriers by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the MLB. This paved the way for other colored athletes.
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Pro-integration president Harry S. Truman integrated all units of the armed forces.
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Supreme Court case that challenged segregation in schools and outlawed it.
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The murder of a young colored boy in the south by two white men that were later acquitted. He was murdered for flirting with a white store clerk
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Boycott started by MLK after Rosa Parks was arrested. Led to integration of bus stations and buses.
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National Guard called to protect nine colored students from mobs in Little Rock, Arkansas
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Four African-American students sat down at a whites only lunch counter
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Thirteen people set out on a trip to the Deep South. Integrated many bus stations before being attacked.
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From May 2 to May 5 a peaceful march was carried out. It was threatened at the end by police brutality.
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March on the nation's capital to bring attention to the new civil rights bill. Famous for the "I Have aDream" speech dictated by Martin Luther King jr.
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Passed by president Lyndon B. Johnson banned discrimination in employment and public facilities.
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The civil rights and muslim leader was murdered by three black muslims.
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Hundreds of marchers set out from Selma to Montgomery, but they were brutally beaten.
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It banned literally tests and other barriers to African-American voting.
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Angry at police brutality, residents of the watts community burned cars and looted stores. 1000 people were killed or injured.
