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James Meredith enrolls at the University of Mississippi
James Meredith enrolls at the University of Mississippi and is denied twice. Chaos broke out on the Mississippi campus the riots ended with two dead, hundreds wounded, and many others arrested. -
Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks
42 year-old Rosa Parks on 12/1/1955 refuses to give up her seat on the Montgomery Bus to a white man who needed a seat. even though she was 10 seats behind the seats reserved for whites just because she was an African American she had to get up. when she refused, she was arrested and convicted of breaking a federal law. -
montgomery bus boycott begins
the montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Formation of Southern Christain Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
little rock 9 integrate Arkansas public school
when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high -
woolworth sit in
four students from all-black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College walked into a Woolworth five-and-dime with the intention of ordering lunch. But the manager of the Greensboro Woolworth had intentions of his own — to maintain the lunch counter's strict whites-only policy. -
Ruby Bridges integrates schools in New Orleans
In 1960 Ruby's parents responded to a request from NAACP for Ruby Bridges to integrate a public school in New Orleans -
freedom riders
a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. -
Bull Conner's violence becomes national news
Connor uses firehoses with the water pressure set so high that it will take the bark off of the trees and separate the bricks from the motar. When the highschoolers wouldn't stop when told the police threatened "they will get wet" then they sprayed them, but they kept walking. Then, after that when they wouldnt stop Connor brought police dogs onto these innocent people -
Martin Luther King Jr writes Letters From Birmingham Jail
King's famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," was written in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. -
March on Washington
the march on washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States History.Standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous " I have a dream speech. -
24th Ammendment Passed
The 24th ammendment prohibits poll taxes which were taxes people had to pay if they wanted to vote. They had to pay the tax for a national election. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based upon color,race, religion,gender, national origin -
Malcom X is assisninated
Mlacom X was shot and killed by assasins called black muslims when he was about to address the Afro-Americans Unity at the Audubun Ballroom in Harlem when he was 39 years old. -
Bloody Sunday Selma march begins
is when activists organized a march for voting rights from Selma, Alabama to the states capital Montgomery. The march is called bloody sunday becuase they attacked people with tear gas, billy clubs, dogs, and fire hoses. 200 people died and 800 were wounded -
Lyndon Johnson institutes Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action is a policy or action favoring those who tend to be suffering from discrimination, especially in relation to school or work -
Voting Rights of 1965
It outlawed discriminatory voting practices that were adopted in many southern statesafter the civil war, this included literacy test as a prerequisite of voting -
Los Angeles Race Riot
A routine traffic stop ignited a six-race riot in the Los-Angeles neighborhood in Watts. The riot left 34 dead and more than a 1000 injured -
Stokey Charmichael coin phrase "black power"
Stokey Charmichael is a US civil rights activist who coined the phrase black power -
balck panthers are formed
it is a black political organization originally known as the black panthers self defense group -
Thurgood Marshallis appointed to the Supreme Court
Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. On August 30, 1967 -
Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated
He was shot and mortally wounded when he stood on the 2nd floor balcony outside his hotel room at the Lorraine hotel in Mephis, Tennesse -
TC Williams high school wins the football state championship
the titans win the state championship
