Timeline of African-American Civil Rights Movement and Segregation

Martin Luther King, Jr. is born.

Jan 15, 1929

Michael King, Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jackie Robinson

Apr 15, 1947

Jackie Robinson is accepted to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is the first African-American in the MLB.

Brown v. Board

May 17, 1954

The Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case where the court said white and black schools to be unconstitutional. The court realized this was going against the fourteenth amendment. This was a victory for civil rights activists.

Claudette Colvin

Mar 2, 1955

Claudette Colvin was the first African-American to refuse to give her seat up on a bus.

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

After being asked multiple times by bus driver James F. Blake, NAACP member Rosa Parks refused to give here seat up for a white man. She soon got arrested. Rosa Parks had inpired people to boycott the buses and refuse to give up seats.

MLK Arrested

Apr 16, 1963

Martin Luther King is arrested in Birmingham, Ala.

"I Have a Dream"

Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speach "I Have a Dream." to support president Kennidy's decisions on civil rights. On this day, thousands of people came to Washington Monument to listen. Martin gave his speech corisponding to the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation.

16th Street Church Bombing

Sep 15, 1963

At 10:22 AM, a bomb exploded in a large church in Birmingham, Alabama. 4 young girls were killed and 12 people were injured.

Assassination of President Kennedey

Nov 22, 1963

While riding in a limousine in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedey was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Civil Rights Act

Jul 2, 1964

President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans all racial discrimination.

Selma-Montgomery March - "Bloody Sunday"

Mar 7, 1965

600 marchers protested the death of Jimmy Lee Jackson and continued to protest for voting rights. Police and officials soon showed up and beated the marchers and exposed them to tear gas.

Voting

Aug 6, 1965

With the help of President Johnson, the Voting Rights Act was passed.

Martin Luther King is Assasinated

Apr 4, 1968

Martin is assasinated in Tennessee at the age of 39.

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Apr 11, 1968

President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, banning discrimination on rental, sale, housing, and other financial matters.

RFK assassinated

Jun 6, 1968

Senator RFK, JFK's brother was assassinated while taking a shortcut through a kitchen in a LA ballroom.

Rosa Parks Dies :(

Oct 24, 2005

Rosa Parks dies at the age of 94.