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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court outlaws school segregation in Brown v. Board of education. People wanted sperate, but equal facilities in Topeka, Kasas, so they started the Brown v. Board case. This resulted in exactly what they had wanted. -
The Rev. George Lee Killed
The Rev. George Lee is killed for leading voter-registration drive in Belzoni, Mississippi. -
Lammar Smith Murdered
Lammar Smith murdered for organizing black voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi. -
Emmett Louis Till Murdered
Emmett Louis Till murdered for speaking to a white woman in Money, Mississippi. -
John Earl Reese Slain By Nightriders
John Earl Reese Slain by nightriders opposed to school improvemnets in Mayflower, Texas. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man after along day of work. She was then arrested for refusing to move. Following her arrest she got death threats and was fired from her job as a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery bus boycott begins. -
Supreme Court Bans Bus Seating
Supreme Court bans segregated seating on Mountgomery buses. -
Willie Edwards Jr. Killed
Willie Edwards Jr. killed by Klansmen in Mountgomery, Alabama. -
Congress Passes First Civil Rights Act
Eisenhower passed this law. The law stated that all Americans would have the right to vote. -
President Eisenhower Orders Federal Troops
Violence began to arise towards African Americans in Little Rock, Arkansas. To protect nine students President Eisenhower sent in government troops. -
Mack Charles Parker Taken
Mack Charles Parker is taken from jail and lynched in Poplarville, Mississippi. -
Black Students Stage Sit-In
Black students stage sit-in at "whites only" lunch counter in Greersboro, North Carolina. -
Supreme Court OUtlaws Segregation
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals. -
Freedom Riders Attacked
The Freedom Riders attacked in Albama while testing compliance with bus desegregation laws. The Congress of Racial Equality hepled organize the Freedom Rides. It wasn't just African AMericans, whites also joined in. -
Herbert Lee Killed
Herbert Lee, a voter registration worker, is killed by white legislator in Liberty, Mississpi. -
Civil Rights Groups Join Forces
Civil Rights Groups join forces to launch voter registration drive. -
Cpl. Rdman Ducksworth Jr. Taken From Bus
Cpl. Rdman Ducksworth Jr. taken from bus and killed by police inTaylorville, Mississippi. -
Riots Erupt When Black Student Enrolls In Ole Miss
Riots Erupted when a black student, James Menedith, enrolled at Ole Miss. However, the government did try to stop him. -
Paul Guihard Killed
Paul Guiharl, a French reperter, is killed during an Ole Miss riot in Oxford, Mississippi. -
William Lewis Moore Slain
William Lewis Moore is killed during a one-man march against segregation in Artallia, Alabama. -
Birmingham Police Attack Marching Children
Birmingham Police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses. -
Alabama Governor Stands in Schoolhouse Door
Alabam Governor, George Wallace, stands in a schoolhouse door to stop university integration. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Medgar Evers was a civil rights leader was assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi. He had been encouraging African Americans to vote and stand up for their rights. This provoked his assassination. -
Washington March
The purpose of the March on Washighton was to fight for civil rights for Aftican Americans. The famous speech that was given when everyone met in Washington was Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Youth Killed During Racist Violence
Virgil Lamar Ware is killed during a wave of racist violence in Birmingham, Alabama. -
Schoolgirls Killed In Bombing
Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mcnair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, a group of schoolgirls, are killed in a bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama. -
Poll Tax Outlawed
poll tax outlawed in federal elections. -
Louis Allen Assassinated
A witness to a murder of a civil rights worer, Louis Allen, is assassinated in Liberty, Mississippi. -
Reverend Killed Protesting Construction
The Rev. Bruce Klunder is killed while protesting construction of segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio. -
Henry Hezekiah & Charles Eddie Moore KIlled
Henry Hezekiah & Charles Eddie Moore are killed by Klansmen in Meadville, Mississippi. -
1,000 Civil Rights Leaders Brought To Mississippi
Freedom Summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Workers Abducted
Civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, are abducted and slain by Klansman in Philadelphie, Mississippi. -
President Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act
President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I stated that discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin would be outlawed. -
Lt. Col. Lemuel Pann Killed
Lt. Col. Lemuel Pann killed by klansmen while driving north in Cbert, Georgia. -
Jimmie Lee Jackson KIlled
A civil rights marcher, Jimmie Lee Jackson, is killed by a state trooper in Marion, Alabama. -
State Troopers Black Marchers
State troopers beat black marchers at Edmund Pettius Bridge in Selma, Alabama. -
Rev. James Reeb Beaten To Death
The Rev. James Reeb, a march volunteet is beaten to death in Selma, Alabama. -
Thousands Complete Voting Rights March
The march to Selma was organized to promote voting rights. Along the way marchers encountered resistance form state and local authorities. The march greatly helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South and the need for voting rights. -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo Killed By Klansmen
Viola Gregg Liuzzo is killed by klansmen while transporting marchers on the Selma Highway in ALabama. -
Black Deputy Killed By Nightriders
Oneal Moore, a black deputy, is killed by nightriders in Varnado, Louisiana. -
Congress Passes Voting Rights Act
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Willie Brewer Killed By Nightriders
Willie Brewster is killed by nightriders inAnniston, Alabama. -
Seminary Student Killed By Deputy
Jonathan Daniels, a smeinary student, is killed by a deputy in Hayneville, Alabama. -
Civil Rights Activist Killed In Dispute
Samuel younge Jr., a student civil rights activist, is killed in a dispute in Tuskegee, Alabama. -
Black Community leader Killed
Vernon Dahmer, a black community leader, is killed in a Klan bombing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. -
Ben Chester White Killed By Klansmen
Ben Chester White is killed by Klansmen in Natchez, Mississippi. -
Clarence Triggs Slain By Nightriders
ClarenceTriggsis slain by nightriders in Bagalusa, Louisiana. -
Civil Rights Leader Killed After Promotion
Wharlest Jackson, a civil rights leader, is killed after given a promotion to a 'white' job in Natchez, Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Worker Killed By police
Benjamin Brown, a civil rights worker is killedwhen police fired on protesters in Jackson, Mississsippi. -
Thurgood Marshall First Black Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice. Before this he wasa highly sucessful lawyer. This was monumental because it was the turning point for racial rights. -
Students Killed When Patrolmen Fire On Protesters
Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith, students, are killed when highway patrolmen fire on protesters in Orangeburg, South Carolina. -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. had been fighting segregation and encouraging civil and voting rights for African Americans. This led to his assassination in Memphis, Tennesse. he had such a big impact on African Americans and whites during this time because he gave them hope that one day they would be treated equally .
