Civil rights timeline

  • Tulsa, massacre

    Tulsa, massacre
    The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    The decision overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. This ruling was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement and helped pave the way for desegregation in schools and other public institutions
  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till
    On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi after being accused of offending a white woman. His brutal murder and open-casket funeral, arranged by his mother Mamie Till, sparked nationwide outrage and brought attention to racial violence.
  • Rosa Park and the bus boycott

    Rosa Park and the bus boycott
    Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Southern Christian leadership conference

    Southern Christian leadership conference
    Gulch was an organization lineal to the bluh church reguarded church as pivotal minds
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.
  • Greensboro sit ins

    Greensboro sit ins
    Four African American college students-Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil-sat at the "whites-only" lunch counter, challenging segregation
  • Ruby bridges

    Ruby bridges
    Ruby Bridges, New Orleans Louisiana, Nov 14, 1960
    one of 4, 6 year black children passa heard test to go a white school, she was escorted by Federal Marshal
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom wasa peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. It was a major event in the American civil rights movement.
  • Freedom riders

    Freedom riders
    Freedom riders May 4, 1964, they were interracial groups who rode buses through Southern states to test a Supreme Court decision that declared segregation in interstate bus travel unconstitutional.
  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights
    Civil rights are legal protections that guarantee individuals the ability to participate in society and the government. They protect people from discrimination, harassment, and abuse in many areas of life
  • Civil rights ACT

    Civil rights ACT
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
  • Malcom X

    Malcom X
    Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965
  • Selma to Muntignery, "Bloody Sundog"

    Selma to Muntignery, "Bloody Sundog"
    Bloody Sunday was a violent attack on civil rights demonstrators during the Selma to Montgomery March on March 7, 1965. The attack galvanized support for voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Martin Luther king Jr.

    Martin Luther king Jr.
    Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968