Civil Rights Timeline

By laurenoshee
  • 1966 BCE

    De Jure v. De Facto Segregation- Emmett Till (killed by locals for flirting with a white girl.

    De Jure v. De Facto Segregation- Emmett Till (killed by locals for flirting with a white girl.
    De Facto segregation- existed because of the voluntary associations and neighborhoods De Jure segregation- laws have fallen out due to locals and local groups.
  • 1966 BCE

    Black Panther Society

  • 1965 BCE

    March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights-Martin Luther King Jr.

    March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights-Martin Luther King Jr.
    A March led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC to gain African American rights (voting, basic rights, etc).
  • 1964 BCE

    Voting rights act of 1965

    Voting rights act of 1965
    The act to enforce the fifteenth amendment which prohibited African Americans right to vote.
  • 1964 BCE

    Civil Rights act of 1964

    Civil Rights act of 1964
    It is a piece of civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • 1964 BCE

    Race Riots

    Race Riots
    A public riot between races. They were very violent and many got killed or injured.
  • 1963 BCE

    March on Washington- Martin Luther King Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph (Non-violence)

    March on Washington- Martin Luther King Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph (Non-violence)
    A political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was organized by many civil rights and religious groups.
  • 1963 BCE

    March on Birmingham, Alabama

    March on Birmingham, Alabama
    A peace movement organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to show the integration efforts of African Americans in Alabama.
  • 1961 BCE

    Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides
    Bus trips throughout the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals.
  • 1960 BCE

    The sit-ins

    The sit-ins
    A non-violent movement. Four African Americans walked up to a whites-only counter and waited patiently to be served. The workers wouldn't serve them but they still sat there patiently.
  • 1957 BCE

    Little Rock Integration

    Little Rock Integration
    9 black students enrolled in a white public school and caused controversy and much anger throughout the school.
  • 1955 BCE

    Montgomery Bus Boycott- Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

    Montgomery Bus Boycott- Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
    This was a movement where African Americans boycotted riding the buses. They refused to ride the buses because of the rude treatment from whites on the bus. Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus.
  • 1954 BCE

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka- Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka- Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
    Court declared state laws separating black and white public schools to be unconstitutional.
  • 1909 BCE

    NAACP

  • 1896 BCE

    Plessy v. Ferguson- Malcolm X (wanted blacks and whites separate)

    Plessy v. Ferguson- Malcolm X (wanted blacks and whites separate)
    The court ruled that blacks and whites in the United States were separate but equal. This means that everyone had the same rights but both races were segregated from each other.