Civil Rights Timeline

  • Sweatt v. Painte

    Sweatt v. Painte
    In Texas state, due to state law , black people were restricted access to university. Therefore Sweeatt´s application was automatically rejected because of his race. This led to bring the case into court and university attempted to provide separate but equal facilities
  • Keys v. Carolina Coach

    Keys v. Carolina Coach
    Keys refused to give up and let another people to get her seat on the bus which run state to state . Thanks to her the segregation of Black people inside of bus was Banned
    Categories is protest
  • Emmett Till’s Murder

    Emmett Till’s Murder
    1955, Emmett Till was murder . While he was visiting his relatives in Mississppi he and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryan. so that he was kidnapped and brutally murdered .Thus many black people join the Civil Rights Movement out of fear that such an incident could happen to friends, family, or even themselves.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Montgomery boycotted the bus to protest for 13 mouth. He wanted to be the power of a growing self-respect.

    Categories is non Violence protest
  • Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association

    Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association
    This was confirmed by black ministers and community leaders in Montgomery, Alabama because of due to oversee the Montgomery bus boycott. Later on produce some of the civil rights movement's most well-known figures.
  • Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    It was a conference that was established to redeeming Americans through nonviolent . Also coordinate the over all South of action
    Categories is Achievement
  • Cooper v. Aaron

    Cooper v. Aaron
    It was the fight between the the Governor and the Legislature of Arkansas and Board of Education. The focus was on segregation of Aficans Americans in school and implementation of the segregation .
    Categories is Supreme Court Case,
  • Greensboro Sit-In

    Greensboro Sit-In
    It was the protest that young Afican American student sit in a segregate which was Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina . It made an immediate and lasting impact of change their segregationist policies.
    Categories is Protest
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides
    It was to protest segregated bus terminals . Groups of white and African American were participated in this protest. Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations
    Categories is Violence by Opposition
  • March on Washington for Jobs

    March on Washington for Jobs
    It was the March that more than 200,000 demonstrators were participated and March for employment and freedom Martin Luther King delivered speech during this evens
    Categories is protest
  • Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US

    Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US
    It was about the acceptance whether public accommodations accept the Black American as like The Heart of Atlanta Motel was refused to accept the Black Americans . They banded the discrimination by places of public accommodation
    Categories is Achievement .
  • Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

    Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
    It was the Supreme Court Case which the public school ´s racial integration was consume back up through upheld busing programs
    Categories is Supreme Court Case
  • Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record:

    Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record:
    It was the record that Aaron hit 755 career home runs in his entire life . Now it has a statue in Atlanta Braves' Turner Field as unbreaking record .
    Categories is Achievement.
  • Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention

    Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention
    She was the first black women that ever deliver a keynote address at major party convention . She noticed that grand distinction of America´s issue as a country . She made a point and assert that American´s problem and show the solution .
    Categories is Achievement
  • University of California Regents vs. Bakke

    University of California Regents vs. Bakke
    It was the Supreme Court decision that university´s admission criteria can not be based on race , definite and exclusively .
    Categories is Supreme Court Case