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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case. The Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were unequal and unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The U.S. Supreme Court decided to integrate the Montgomery bus system. -
Formation of SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established to coordinate the action of local protest groups through out the South. It was led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Formation of SNCC
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. Young people emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement. -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
The first two African American students admitted to the University of Georgia. -
Freedom of Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rightts activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern states. African American Freedom Riders tried to use white-only restrooms and lunch counters. -
Albany Movement
Its goal was to desegregate an entire community. It resulted un the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany. -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C. for a political rally known as the March on Washington. THe event was to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil RIghts Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. King had led the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s using both powerful and influential words and non-violent protests to fight segregation.
