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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court outlaws school segregation in Brown V. Board of Education. -
White Citizens Council
White citizens council is formed to resist desegregation. -
Emmett Louis Till
Emmett Louis Till is murdered for speaking to a white woman in Money, MIss. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Ala. -
Bus Boycott
Montgomery bus boycott begins. -
Segregated Seating Banned
Supreme Court bans segregated seating on Montgomery buses. -
Civil Rights Act
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School Desegregation Enforced
President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders federal troops to enforce school desegregation in Little Rock, Ark. -
Black Students Stage Sit-In
Black students stage sit-in at "whites only" lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. -
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is founded to promote youth involvement. -
Desegregation in Bus Terminals
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals. -
University of Georgia Desegregated
The University of Georgia is desegregated after a federal judge orders that two African-American students be admitted. White students jeer, "two, four, six, eight, we don't want to integrate." -
Freedom Riders Attacked
Freedom Riders attacked in Alabama while testing compliance with bus desegregation laws. -
Federal Marshals Protect Activists
Federal Marshals sent to protect civil rights activists threatened by a mob in Montgomery, Ala. -
Voter-Registration Drive
Civil rights groups join forces to launch voter-registration drive. -
Riots Erupt
Riots erupt when James Meredith, a black student, enrolls at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi). -
Birmingham Police Attack
Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses. -
Alabama Governor
Alabama governor stands in school-house door to stop university integration. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Medgar Evers: Civil rights leader assassinated in Jackson, Miss. -
March for Civil Rights
25,000 Americans march on Washington for civil rights. -
Schoolgirls Killed
Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mcnair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley. Schoolgirls killed in bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlaws poll tax in federal elections. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Miss. -
Civil Rights Workers Abducted
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. Civil rights workers abducted and slain by klansmen, Philadelphia, Miss. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Marcher Killed
Jimmie Lee Jackson. Civil rights marcher killed by state trooper in Marion, Ala. -
State Trooper Beat Back Marchers
State troopers beat back marchers at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. -
Civil Rights March Completed
Civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery completed. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965.
