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Plessey vs Ferguson challenged by NAACP
Supreme Court case concerning state laws and the legality of racial discrimination and the doctrine of "seperate but equal." In 1938 Charles Houston challenged the courts decision, won, and led to more focus on the "equal" part of "seperate but equal" causing state laws to make sure school systems were kept equal. -
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The Civil Rights movement
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Linda Brown
Civil Rights activist who was involved in the Brown vs Board of Education. -
Rosa Parks Bus Stand
Mcgomery worker Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat due to the fact that she was tired after a long day at work. She was promptly arrested for violating segregation laws. "I don't think I should have to stand up"
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
ignited by Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat only days before, the company's busses were boycotted by African Americans everywhere until the supreme court ordered the Montgomery bus company to intergrate it's bus. -
Little Rock Nine
Black Central High school students attempted to enter the school but were denied. Later that month Eisenhower oredered federal trooops to escort them into the schools -
Woolworth's lunch counter
Ezell A. Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richard students who attended A&T University sat in and waited to be searved at a white-only diner. -
Earl Warren
14th Supreme Justice who gretely influenced the ending of school segragation in Brown vs Board of Education and many other civil rights cases. -
The Letter From Birmingham Jail
King advocated peaceful protest instead of non violent methods to fighting racism, better known as Civil Disobedience. -
MLK "I Have A Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech to 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln memorial during the march on Washington. In the speech he described -
JFK Assasinated
JFK rides in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas driving his convertible when two bullets struck his neck and head. He was pronouced dead at 1:00 PM. -
Civil Rights Act
President Lydon Johnson signed in the Civil Rigts Act into law -
Malcolm X Murdered
Malcolm was shot to death by Nation of Islam members. -
The Votings Rights Act
President Johnson signed the legislation into law giving everyone the right to vote without discrimination. -
MLK murdered
At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King’s assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American cities.
