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Sweatt v. Painter
Supreme court case that decided colleges and other post-secondary institutions must admit black students -
Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association
Grassroots movements to fight for African American civil rights. -
Keys v. Carolina Coach
Landmark court case which outlawed the segregation of colored passengers on busses crossing state lines -
Murder of Emmett Till
14 year old boy Emmett till takes a vacation with his family. When a white woman falsely accused him of cat calling her. Young Emmett was lynched by white men and murdered -
Montgomery bus boycott
A mass protest against the bus system in Montgomery Alabama. Triggered by the arrest of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat to a white person. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
After the segregation of schools was ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court, schools were required to integrate with haste. 9 students were chosen based on grades to enter Little Rock highschool. Many people did not like this, and the national guard had to be called in to protect them. -
The Civil Rights act of 1957
This was legislation signed by President Eisenhower, that established a federal commission to go and observe and stop discriminatory action. It was the first bill of its kind since reconstruction after the civil war. -
Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
A civil rights organization that is an offshoot of the Montgomery Association based in Atlanta. -
Cooper v. Aaron
Supreme court case denying Little Rock the ability to delay integration by 30 months. -
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Greensboro Sit ins
A non-violent protest against segregated lunch counters in Greensboro NC. This protest caught on around the South and became a popular form of protest. -
Albany Campaign
Local black leaders, the SNCC, and the NAACP formed a desegregation coalition in Albany. This coalition, aided by Martin Luther King Jr was designed to bring attention to the brutal enforcement of racial segregation. -
Freedom rides
Groups of white and black protesters rode cross country through the South. Protesting segregation of bus terminals, bathrooms, and most other public services -
Integration of the University of Mississippi
Protests erupted on campus as locals, students, and segregationists protested the enrollment of black students into college. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Where MLK delivered the ¨I have a Dream ¨ speech. Considered to be the largest protest of its time, the march helped to show lawmakers that they meant business. -
Birmingham movement
A movement organized by SCLC to call attention to the racial segregation laws through peaceful protest and to show the nation the brutal response of the city to their actions. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
A civil rights leader from Mississippi, and the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
A 1964 voter registration drive, was designed to help black Americans register to vote. Led by mostly white volunteers, 17,000 people registered and only about 1,200 were successful -
Civil rights act of 1964
This act signed into law by LBJ prevented any discrimination by race, color, religion, or sex. -
Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US
After the civil rights act, the motel attempted to sue the united states saying that the act was unconstitutional. The court found that it was constitutional, upholding the act. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
A march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, to ensure that African Americans could use their right to vote -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The act signed into law by LBJ to outlaw discriminatory voting practices adopted in the south after the civil war -
Assassination of Malcolm X
While addressing his followers in the Audubon, the leader of the Black Panther Party was shot. Leaving behind his wife and children, and becoming a martyr in death -
James Meredith’s March Against Fear
The first African American enrolled at Mississippi state university. Began a solitary walk from Memphis Tennessee, to Jackson Mississippi to call attention to racism. -
Fair housing act
Made it illegal to discriminate in housing based on color, race, religion, sexuality, gender -
Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign
She was the first non-white person to run for a major party nomination. -
Assassination of MLK
James Earl Ray shot MLk in his motel room on the night of April fourth. Leading to riots across the country -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
A landmark supreme court case to help with bussing students in regard to integration of schools. -
Northern Violence over School Integration
In Boston, African American students were harassed and attacked on school busses after they had integrated -
Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record
Hank Aaron was an African American baseball player, who broke Babe Ruth´s all-time home run record -
Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention
Barbara Jordan became the first colored person to deliver an address at a major party´s convention -
University of California Regents vs. Bakke
A supreme court case that decided the University of California could not discriminate against admission based on race