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Brown v Board of Education
This was a massive decision made by the supreme court. This ruling outlawed segregated schools because they did not fit the prior standard set pf separate but equal. This debate lasted over a year to decide. -
White Citizens Council
This group was created by white supremacists in the south to maintain white power and segregation in the south. -
Brown v Board of Education II
This ruling was a follow up to the first Brown v. Board a year earlier. This made states put this decision into action faster because some of the southern states were reluctant to follow up. -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old kid from the north who said something to a white woman in the south. The white men who saw this went crazy and later that day they took him and lynched him. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
This incident happened because of the segregated bus system in Montgomery Alabama. This was a huge moment in the civil rights movement because it ignited the non violent protests that started to be used across the country. -
Montgomery bus boycott
This boycott lasted December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956. This was sparked by Rosa Parks being arrested for sitting in the white section of the bus. This boycott was a massive success and it started nonviolent protests across the country -
Martin Luther King House Bombing
MLK's house was bombed by segregationists in retaliation for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was almost a foreshadowing for when MLK was later assassinated. -
Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
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SCLC Founded
The SCLC ( aka Southern Christian Leadership Conference) is an African-American civil rights organization. This was important because MLK was one of the original founders of it and he was the first president of it. -
Eisenhower sends in Federal Troops
Eisenhower ordered troops from the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to stop the mobs and protect the little rock nine as they entered the school. -
SNCC Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee one of the biggest ways that student around the country could speak their political ideas. -
Greensboro sit ins
The Greensboro sit ins were a series of sit ins usually done by students and young adults. This was an effective nonviolent protest to challenge segregation laws. -
Freedom Rides
The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate and interracial buses into the most segregated places in southern United States. They did this to Challenger the laws and the way that they were enforced. -
White mob attacks federal marshals in Montgomery
Before the Freedom Riders could make it to Montgomery the police that were escorted there left them so when they arrived they were met by a mob. -
Bailey v Patterson
This case was a big decision in the ban of segregation in interstate transportation. This paved the way to desegregation for public accommodations. -
Albany Georgia “failure”
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MLK goes to a Birmingham jail
MLK was sent to jail because he was protesting against violence and inequality. -
Equal Pay Act
This act was set in place to create equality in pay for men and women. -
Kennedy sends in Federal Troops
Kennedy deployed National Guard troops to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. The next day the Governor yielded to Kennedy. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
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March on Washington “I have a Dream”
The March on Washington was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. The most memorable part of this march was MLK's "I have a dream" speech. -
Bombing of a church in Birmingham
This bombing took place in a Birmingham church which was usually used for civil rights meeting and services. White supremacists planted a bomb there hoping to kill activists and stop the movement. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
XXIV (24th) Amendment
This amendment prohibits the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax. -
Freedom Summer
This was the summer of 1964 that had the most riots for civil rights. This was a very important time because it created so many laws and acts that help protect civil rights. -
Killing of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner
These murders involved three civil rights activists who were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by a group of 9 white supremacists. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act was one of the biggest in the civil rights movement. It outlaws discrimination based on race or gender. It also prohibits segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a very charismatic and memorable activist who was killed while speaking in a ballroom in 1965. To this day there is still mystery about who killed him. -
Selma to Montgomery March
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act passes by Lyndon Johnson desegregated voting rights. -
Black Panthers Formed
The Black Panthers were formed to help prevent racial segregation in ghettos. This group unlike most other civil rights group used some violent ways to retaliate against the police. -
Loving v Virginia
This was a huge part in civil right because it banned laws against interracial marriage. This is a very important case to this day to give more freedoms to everyone. -
Minneapolis Riots
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Detroit Riots
The Detroit Riot was the bloodiest incident in the summer of riots. This was a riot between the African American residents and the police department. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King was shot when he was staying in a motel in Tennessee. This shocked the entire nation because MLK had been the main face of the civil rights movement for years. -
Assassination of Robert “Bobby” Kennedy
Roper Kennedy was politician and lawyer who served as the Attorney General was murdered in a hotel during his presidential run during the 1968 election.
