The Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968

Brown vs. Education

Dec 9, 1954

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled the U.S. state laws due to racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are equal in quality.

Emmett Till Murder

Aug 28, 1955

Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was kidnapped, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 while visiting family. He was accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store.