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Freedom Rides (1961)
They were a series of political protests against segregation in which black and white people rode busses together protesting segregation through the south. They occurred during May - Dec 1941 -
Brown vs Board of Education (1952-54)
It was a landmark Supreme Court case (1954). The supreme court justices unanimously vote to end segregation in public schools. They made segregation in public school unconstitutional. They stated that separate educational facilities for white and colored children were inherently unequal. -
Emmett Till murder
14 year old boy. Emmett Louis till is brutally murdered on August 28, 1955. He had gone to visit his family in Money, Mississippi from Chicago. He is murdered for flirting with a white woman 4 days before his death date. His body was found in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks & Montgomery bus boycott (1955-56)
On December 1, 1955. Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat for a white person while it was a law to do so for all residents of Montgomery. She was arrested that same day. She begins the Montgomery bus boycott. It was protest in which colored people refused to use municipal buses of the city of Montgomery, Alabama. The protest lasted 381 days. -
The Little Rock Nine (Integration ) 1957
They were a group of 9 African American students who challenged segregation by being the first ones in integrating a whites only school. In the public high school of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. They first arrived at the high school on September, 04, 1957. They had to face an angry mob of white people that didn't allow them to enter the school. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit in (1960)
They were a series of nonviolent protests in a whites only counter located in Greensboro. In which African American student would sit in the counter and not move until they were served. While doing this sit ins many student would be physically and verbally assaulted and they still would refuse to move. They were mainly in Woolworth's stores. -
MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail (1963)
During his stay in the Birmingham Jail. MLK wrote the letter "The negro is your brother." On April 16, 1963. He explains the steps and causes of his nonviolent campaign in his letter -
March on Washington (1963)
The March on Washington occurred on August 28, 1963. It was a massive protest/ march. In which about 250,000 people participated. They gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event purpose was to draw attention in the inequalities Colored people were having when it came to their civil rights. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing (1963)
The 16th street Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing was a bombing that was planned by white supremacists. It occurred on a Sunday September 15, 1963. It lead to 4 casualties. -
24th Amendment (1964)
On January 23, 1964. The 24th amendment was ratified. The 24th amendment outlawed the poll tax that had to be payed to be able to vote. Many states used the poll taxes as a way to prevent African Americans from voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It was a public law passed by the congress that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It was originally published on July 2, 1964. -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
On March 7, 1965, about 600 civil rights marchers marched on U.S. Highway 80. The march was led by John Lewis, Reverend Hosea Williams, Bob Mants , and Albert Turner. 17 people were hospitalized and dozens were injured by police. It became known as Bloody Sunday. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
An act signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. Which outlawed the voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War that didn't allow colored people to vote such as literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
It was a landmark court case.On June 12, 1967, In which the Supreme Court unanimously struck down state anti-miscegenation laws in Virginia as unconstitutional under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.