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Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka
Where no child regardless of skin color can be denied an equal opportunity of an education. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Emmett Till Lynched
Emmitt Till was lynched for whistling at a white woman -
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Greensboro Sit-in Movement
African Americans sitting at a whites-only counter and refusing to move for being denied service. -
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Freedom Riders
Groups of black and white Americans traveling through the south protesting segregated bus terminals. -
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
The letter was Dr. King's standpoint on his resolution to non-violence. -
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University of Alabama Desegregated
Alabama governor prevents 2 students from enrolling in the University of Alabama. With the help of President Kennedy the governor had no choice but to let them in -
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March on Washington
Where 250,000 people lead by Martin Luther King Jr. marched to the Lincoln Memorial to bring awareness to the inequalities blacks still faced. -
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Birmingham Church Bombing
A predominantly black church in Birmingham was bombed killing four young girls. -
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24th Amendment
Prohibited the poll tax -
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Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a voter registration pact meant to expand black voting in the south. -
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Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Prize
King is awarded the Nobel peace prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America. -
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March on Selma
A series of civil right protests that occurred in alabama. -
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Voting Right Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law which aimed to overcome what kept blacks from voting. -
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Watts Riot
A riot broke out under false pretenses that a cop hit a pregnant lady. For 6 days looting and arson took place with the Los Angeles police needing help from the National Guard to quell the riots.