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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
This court case was were the justices ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v Board of Education was a milestone in the civil rights movement. -
Emmett Till Lynched
Emmett Till was 14 years old when he was brutally murdered for being accused of flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The bus boycott was a civil rights protest to state that segregated buses in Montgomery Alabama was wrong. The boycott started four days after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 were a group of nine black students who enrolled at a all-white school. Central High School is located in Little Rock, Arkansas. They did this to test the Brown vs. Board of Education stating that segregation in schools were unconstitutional. -
Greensboro Sit-In Movement
A civil protest that started when young African Americans students staged a sit in at Woolworth. Which was a segregated lunch counter in North Carolina. The sit in movement soon spread throughout the South. -
Ruby Bridges attend school in New Orleans
Bridges would be attending William Frantz School which is an all white school. She was going to be the first black child to be attending the school. -
Freedom Riders
The freedom riders were groups of black and white civil rights activists who protested the injustice of the segregated bus terminals . They organized bus trips throughout the South and would use whites only lunch counters and restrooms. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment gave citizens of the United States to vote and will not be denied by the United States or any state because they can not pay poll tax or any tax. Ratified in January 23, 1964. -
James Meredith enrolls at University of Mississippi
James Meredith became the first black student at the University of Mississippi and he graduated with a degree in political science. -
University of Alabama Desegergation
On June 10,1963, President John F. Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to enforce the desegregation of the college. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
On April 16, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was imprisoned in Alabama. This is were he completed a seminal texts of African Civil Rights Movement. -
Medgar Evers Assassination
Evers was a African American Civil Rights Leader. He was killed in front of his home by white supremacist Bryon De La Beckwith. -
The March on Washington (MLK)
A massive protest that was influenced by jobs and freedom with over 250,000 people that gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. This location is where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous I Have A Dream Speech. -
Birimingham Church Bombing
The bombing occurred on a Sunday after the morning service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama. The church was also a meeting place for black civil rights leaders. Four young black girls were killed and many others was injured. -
Freedom Summer Project
The Freedom Summer Project is also known as the Mississippi Summer Project. This was a 1964 voter registration drive sponsored by civil rights organizations including CORE and SNCC. The goal was to increase black voter registration in Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act ended segregation in public places and banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, color, or national origin. -
Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize
King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the nonviolent resistant to racism in America. He was 35 years old and the youngest person to receive the award. -
March on Selma
The march was part of a series of civil rights protest in 1965. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the law to overcome barriers of state and local levels that aim to prevent African Americans the right to vote. -
Watts Riots
As tension rise in a black Watts neighborhood in Los Angles. The African Americans went into other areas and looted stores, torched buildings, and beat whites. They also shot at the police officers and firefighters. This event lasted August 11 to August 16. -
Thurgood Marshall named Supreme Court Justice
President Lyndon Johnson appoints the U.S Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of a retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice. The vote was 69 to 11 and two days later he was sworn in. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
His death was a major hurt to many African Americans and Civil Rights Leaders. He dead at the age of 39.
