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Jackie Robinson enters the MLB, breaking a barrier in the MLB for African American people.
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Laws were made that ruled segregated schools unconstitutional This was a huge steps for lessening racism in America.
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was killed based off of the accusations made from a white woman in a grocery store her family owned.
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Young African American students sat in at a segregated Woolworth lunch area in Greensboro and would not leave after denying service.
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The Southern segregationists and federal and state forces were against each other. The segregationists were protesting the enrollment of James Meredith.
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A speech delivered by MLK about how he wants to end racism in America. This speech is very famous because it features the iconic "I have a dream."
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A white supremacist group bombed a black baptist church, killing 4 people in the process.
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Freedom Summer was a campaign in the United States that took place in 1964, which encouraged African American people to register to vote.
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Southern state legislatures had passed a series of discriminatory laws. A march was organized to protest these laws.
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MLK was a very famous spokesperson for the black community. He was assassinated before a speech.