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The supreme court decision of plessy v. ferguson upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races. -
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American soldiers to successfully complete their training and enter the Army Air Corps. -
The Intergration of Major League Baseball signaled the end of segregation in Major League Baseball. -
The Integration of the Armed Forces was an end to racial segregation in the military. -
The Supreme Court began to overturn the separate but equal doctrine in public education by requiring graduate and professional schools to admit black students. -
In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
Milam, kidnapped and brutally murdered Till, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River. The murder trial galvanized a generation of young African Americans to join the Civil Rights Movement out of fear that such an incident could happen to friends, family, or even themselves. -
A significant play towards civil rights and transit equity, the Montgomery Bus Boycott helped eliminate early barriers to transportation access. -
The students' effort to enroll was supported by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which had declared segregated schooling to be unconstitutional. -
The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
The Greensboro Sit-In was a critical turning point in Black history and American history, bringing the fight for civil rights to the national stage -
The Freedom Riders attracted the attention of the Kennedy Administration -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election. -
In 1962, a federal appeals court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, an African-American student. Upon his arrival, a mob of more than 2,000 white people rioted; two people were killed. -
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
A call for equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history. -
JFK was assissinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. -
He argued for black power, black self-defense and black economic autonomy, and encouraged racial pride. -
The march was led by John Lewis of SNCC and the Reverend Hosea Williams of SCLC, followed by Bob Mants of SNCC and Albert Turner of SCLC. -
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -
There was major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American cities. -
The 1968 act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and since 1974, sex.