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U.S Supreme Court declared state laws that made it unconstitutional to have seperate black & white schools.
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Emmett Till was kidnapped & murdered when he was 14 years old. This event pushed people to show support for racial reform in the South.
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After Rosa Parks was arrested for refusuing to give up her seat on December 1, 1955, a 13 month mass protest began where up to 90% of African-American stayed off of buses.
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President Eisenhowere signed the Civil Rights Act. This act gave higher protection over the rights of African-Americans and other minorities.
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Students that representeed six black colleges, organized "sit-ins" at lunch counters. They were protesting Atlanta's legally sanctioned segregation.
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Judge W.A. Bootle, a federal district judge, ended 160 years of segregation at the University, by ordering immidiate admission of 2 African-American Students
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Riots erupted when segregationists protested against the enrollment of black Air Force veteran nsmed James Meredith into their all-white school.
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A quarter of a million Americans gathered at the nations capitol. This became one of the largest political rallies for human rights in U.S. history.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed on July 2, 1964. This act outlawed segregation in all businesses and banned discrimination in employment
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MLK was assisnated on April 14, 1968. Violent riots broke out in over 100 cities across America.
