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Brown vs Board of Education
In 1954, May 17th, the US Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
In 1955 August 28th, an American African Emmett Till was brutally murdered for allegedly flrting with a white women four days earlier. At the time Emmett Till was visiting a family in Money, Mississippi and was only aged 14. -
Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating -
Montgomery bus boycott Martin Luther King
Rosa Parks's arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, leading to all the black citizens of Montgomery refusing to ride with the city's buses in protest over the bus system's policy of racial segregation -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school -
Civil Rights Act
The 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. -
Greensborough Sit-In
A civil rights protest started, when young African American students staged a sit in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro and refused to leave after being denied service. The sit in movement soon spread to college towns throughout the South -
James Meredith, University of Mississippi
the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi -
Birmingham Riots
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign, a mass protest for civil rights. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a massive protest that occurred on t 1963 August 28th, around 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, The March aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities for black people -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, schools and federally funded programs. -
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers' Murders
The Mississippi Civil Rights Workers’ Murders include the murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner. The murder occurred, on the 21st of July 1964 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. These men had been working with the Freedom Summer Campaign and were associated with the Congress of Racial Equality, after they were targeted and attacked.
