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NAACP
NAACP begins to build the case for Brown vs Board of Education. This lasts from 1951 to 1954. -
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Earl Warren
Earl Warren was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. -
Brown vs Board
Brown vs Board of education overturned Plessy vs Ferguson making segregation illegal in schools but also applied to other public facilities. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus and was arrested for violating segregation laws. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and eventually to the desegregration of the buses. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students attempt to go to what was once a previous all white school. President Eisenhower sends federal troops to desegregate the High School. -
Greensboro Woolworth Sit-in
Here students sat at a segregated lunch counter in protest. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) stages more sit-ins throughout the South between the years 1960 and 1966. -
James Meredith
James Meredith became the first African American enrolled in the newly desegregated University of Mississippi. -
March to Birmingham
The violent reaction on this peaceful march shocked the nation. As a result of this march, MLK was thrown in jail and from there he wrote the famous 'Letters from a Birmingham Jail'. -
March on Wasington
Martin Luther King Jr led a march of 200,000 to wasington to give his most famous speech I have a Dream in front of the Lincoln memorial. -
JFK
John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson comes into office and expands on JFK vision. -
24 amendment
The 24th amendment prohibited the poll tax in any elections for federal offices. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was shot in the middle of giving a speech. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act abolishes literacy tests in national elections -
MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.
