Civil Rights Events Before or During the 1960s

By Maiyas
  • 1962 BCE

    📍 6. James Meredith Integrates Ole Miss

    James Meredith became the first Black student at the University of Mississippi.
  • 1961 BCE

    📍 5. Freedom Rides

    Black and white activists rode buses together through the South to challenge segregation.
  • 1960 BCE

    📍 4. Greensboro Sit-ins

    Four Black college students sat at a whites-only lunch counter, starting a wave of peaceful protests.
  • 1957 BCE

    📍 3. Little Rock Nine

    Nine Black students faced mobs as they integrated Central High School in Arkansas.
  • 1955 BCE

    📍 2. Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Sparked by Rosa Parks’ arrest, African Americans in Montgomery boycotted buses for over a year.
  • 1954 BCE

    📍 1. Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional. It was a big win for the Civil Rights Movement.
    "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” – U.S. Supreme Court