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Schools Desegregate
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court decided to desegregate schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
On Demcember 1, Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white person and got herself arrested causing thousands of African Americanas to boycott buses. -
Greensboro Sit Ins
On Febuary 1, 1960 four black students sat down at the whites only lunch counter inside the woolworth store. -
The Children's March
On May 2, 1964 to keep the movement alive, thousands of children some as young as six hit the streets of Birmingham, Alabama -
March on Washington
On August 28, 1963 thousands of African Americans headed to Washingtons where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speach -
Sixteen Street Baptist Church Bombing
On a Sunday morning in September 1963 the KKK planted sticks of dynamite on the Sixteen Street Church and killed 4 children -
Civil Rights Act Of 1964
The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Outlawed segregation in Public Facilities -
Voting Acts Right of 1965
On August 6, 1965 African Americans gained to right to vote. -
Little Rock Nine
On September 4, 1957 African American students went to an all white school -
Dr. Kings Assasasination
Dr. King was assinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tenesse.
