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Plessy v. Ferguson
This established the constitutionally of racial segregation. It prevented constitutional challenges. This is where "Sepreate but Equal" came from. -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson helped more people join the MLB. He was a really good baseball player and people now wear his signature number on his anniversery -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
This let anyone join the armed forces. So anyone regardless of race, color, sex or ethnecity is allowed to join. It was signed by President S. Truman. -
Sweatt v. Painter
This court case challenged the "seperate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation and was an influential landmark of Plessy v. Ferguson -
Brown v. Board of Education
This court case made got rid of segregation in schools allowing both african american kids and white kids go to school together. Saying that if they are segretated that the african americans are the inferior race. -
The Bus Boycott of Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white person. She came from a family of seamsreses but became well known and was an activest and feminist in the civil rights movement. -
The Integration of Little Rock High School
The Little Rock nine were a group of students going to an all white school. The president sent federal troops to walk with them at all time to protect them from the other students. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
It was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since 1875 -
The Freedom Rides of 1960
Freedom Rideres are activists that rode on interstate buses. They traveled to segregated southern states. -
The Greensboro Four
The Greensboro Four was a group of four people that would go and sit in the segregated areas of resturants and have lunch there. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
This amendment did not allow the voting of poll tax from both the states and congress. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
People came and watched and protested the enrollment of James Meredith a black air force vet that was trying to enroll in an all white school. -
The Integration of the University of Alabama
JFK sent federal troops to the University of Alabama to enforce desegregation. Govener Wallace refused and stood at the entrance not letting the two African American students enroll. By the end of the day both students were enrolled. -
The March on Washington
It was a march held in Washington D.C. to advocate for economic and civil rights of african americans. Martin Luther King Jr. was the one who held this march. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was the youngest president and was assasinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot in the head while in a car with his wife. He is known as one of the best presidents. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was a labor law that outlawed dicrimination based on color, sex, religion, or race. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
On February 21st 1965 in Audubon Ballroom Malcolm X was assasinated by rivial black muslims. He was a civil rights activist. -
The March on Selma, Alabama
It was three marches on a 54 mile highway. To protest voting rights. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The federal legislation prohibited racial discrimination in voting. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist that was killed in Menphis Tennesee -
The Passage of Title IX
This did not let people be excluded from certain activities, subjected to discrimination, or denied benefits because of their sex -
The Appointment of the First Woman Justice of the Supreme Court
Sanddra O'Conner was the firs woman justice of the supreme court -
The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
Barack Obama's Inauguration was a big deal because he was the first African American president in the united states. -
The Elimination of Combat Restriction for Women
They allowed women into aviation positions by secretary of defense Les Aspen. -
The Democratic Party of Nomination of Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton was the first women to be nominated by a major political party. So when she won the Democratic Party Nomination she was the first woman to win the popular vote.
