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The murder of Emmett Till
After the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till in a southern state, public outrage against racism and discrimination in the south kick-starts what we know as the Civil Rights movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott of the Montgomery bus system after the arrest of Rosa Parks, which hurt the bus system because many users of the bus system were mainly black. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This act established a civil rights section of the Justice department and gave them the right to get Court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of black students who were transported to the recently desegregated Little rock high-school by the National Guard, to protect them from the protesters. -
Cooper V. Aaron
A Supreme Court case that ruled that the little rock school could not close itself to prolong school segregation, and this ruling caused much outrage in the white community. -
Greensboro sit-in
In protest to white men refusing to serve black people in a "desegregated" restaurant, college students sat in, and would not give up their seats until they were served, causing outrage and protest against the restaurant. -
Selma March
A march from Selma, Alabama to the capital of Alabama, Montgomery to push for voting rights in a segregated state. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A massively important law signed by president Lyndon B Johnson that prohibited segregation of any kind in business and public infrastructure. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act made it impossible for southern states to limit African Americans rights to vote, which causes an influx of black politicians getting offices in the south. -
Swann v Charlotte Mecklenberg
A supreme court ruling that ruled that busing to speed up integration In desegregated schools was constitutional. -
Shirley Chrisholm's Presidential Campaign
Shirley Chrisholm's Presidential campaign pushed for race and gender equality among all peoples, and she thought she could be a catalyst for major changes and reforms. -
Hank Aaron's Home run Record
The day that Hank Aaron broke the record for highest amounts of homruns for a player, with 715 homruns to his name, becoming one of the first black baseball players to break records. -
Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention
Barbra Jordans address to the Democratic National Convention stated that the public needs to set an example to the representatives of the house, so they can show them what the truly want their representative to do. -
University of California Regents v Bakke
A supreme court ruling that deemed racial biasing in university's recruitment was illegal.