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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
It found that having separate public schools were unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till Lynched
A 14-year-old brutally killed by a white man because a white woman who said she was offended by him in her family’s grocery store. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott was both a political and social protest against the policy of racial segregation on the buses. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African-Americans enrolled in Little Rock Central High as a result of Brown vs Board of Education and this caused Little Rock crisis. -
Greensboro Sit-In Movement
A civil rights protest when a group of African- Americans sat down at a Woolworth department chain and demanded to be served which soon caused other sit-in movements to spread throughout the South. -
Ruby Bridges Attends School in New Orleans
Bridges was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white school in New Orleans. She was escorted with US Marshals and her mother through the angry racist mobs. -
Freedom Riders
They were protesting segregated bus terminals. -
James Meredith Enrolls at University of Mississippi
Meredith was the first african american to enroll at University of Mississippi. -
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
In the letter King discusses the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
University of Alabama Desegregated
George Wallace tried to keep segregation in Alabama but the federal district court required UA to admit two African Americans. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Bryon De La Beckwith hid in honeysuckle bushes near his driveway and as he was walking towards his car Beckwith shot which resulted in him dying in front of his two children. -
March on Washington
A protest march that was aimed at to bring attention to challenges and inequalities faced by African- Americans. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
This was an act of white supremacy terrorism and it caused 4 black girls to die. This was a meeting place for civil rights leaders. -
Freedom Summer Project
A project by CORE and SNCC to expand black voting in the South. -
24th Amendment
This amendment prohibited any type of poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is a law that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther was the youngest person at 35 to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize since it began in 1901 at the time. -
March On Selma
In response to this march the president passed a bill to protect African- Americans from barriers that prevented them from not voting. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act prohibited racial discrimination in voting. -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
He was the Courts 96th justice and the first African-American before he was appointed he argued several cases in the Supreme Court. -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
He was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray which resulted in him getting 99 years in prison.
