Major Advancements in African American Rights

By dawsonbr2

  • NAACP Is Establshed

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is formed.

  • 30 Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1918

    NAACP publishes "30 Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1918" in an attempt to stamp out lynching.

  • CORE

    The Congress of Racial Equality is founded.

  • Marine Enlistment

    The U.S. Marine Corps enlists African Americans.

  • Brown v.Board of Education

    A case where the segregation of schools was ruled unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, which spurred bus boycotts.

  • Little Rock

    Eisenhower sends army paratroopers to Little Rock to permit nine black children to enroll in the school.

  • Freedom Rides

    African Americans and white activists ride together on buses to challenge Jim Crow Laws.

  • I Have a Dream

    Martin Luther King, Jr. does his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.