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Plessy v Ferguson
Homer Plessy who was 1/16th African American sat in a white only cart and refused to sit in a jim crow cart breaking state law. Plessy’s argued that this violated his constitutional rights, although court claimed that seperate difference iin whites and blacks does not violate 13th &14th therefore seperate but equal is okay. -
Brown v. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools, five cases shoed that segregated schools were un equal and were to be desegregated but no action was futher taken on until three years from then. -
Murder of Emmett Till
14 year old emmett till was murdered due to him flirting with a white women four days ago, the husband of the white women force the 14 yearold to carry a 75 cottin gin fan towards Tallahatchie River and then beat him nearly to death, tied him to the fan with barbed wire and placed him in the river. -
Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycott
Four days prior to the boycott Rosa parks (African American) refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus located in Montgomery she was arrested and fined, after that he Montgomery bus boycott began. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was founded when the montgommery boycott began, it was a civil rights organization MLk JR was the first president and did rally and protest for their brliefs of eqaulity. This gathered many people to support for equality. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
Nine African American Students enrolled to a white school but the state government called in national guard to barracade the door but federal government order to let them in over time most of the African Americans droped out dueto threat and intemidiation. -
Greensboro Sit-In
A series of Non-violent sit in in North Carolina, Greensboro occoured focing the shop owner to serve African Americans in a white section which is form of non-violent protesting which made a big emphasis, leading to the removal of racial segregation in southern stores. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated southern United States and challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court . which led to many court cases, which caused many violent reactions and emphasise how the state troops were used to enforce segregation. -
March on Washington 1963
More than 200,000 blacks icluding whites gather on the Lincoln Memorial to hear several artist and several speeches which included MLK Jr famous speech "I Have a dream", to protest about racial injustice and segregation. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
Mississippi segregated student from voting, getting into school, and owning businesses, which made most African American into being into poverty. This Committee was created to help blacks register for voting, many risked their lives to vote and attend. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
The United States outlawed any discrimination based off of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Not only ending segregation but also setting a new landmark in the U.S. for a big a drastic change for everyone, which enraged KKK and anti-black ativist. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
The week following the burning of Malcom X house, he was shot to death by the nation of Islam, while delivering a speech, due to the conflict between the Nation of Islam and Malcom X. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
President Lyndon Johnson tried to get rid of legal barriers from the state, that prevented African Americans from voting under the 15th Amendment, this help give African Americans tje right to vote nationally even though the right to vote was already in effect since the 14 amendment. -
Assassination of MLK
MLK jr most Famous for his "I have a dream" speech and Non-violent protesting was Assassinated outside of his house on the second floor and caused a nationwide grief of sadness.
