U.S History Timeline Project

By moses.micah31

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Ruled that segregation in schools was unequal. Resulted in attempts to integrate schools in America.
  • Emmett Till Murdered

    Emmett Till Murdered

  • Rosa Parks Bus Incident

    Rosa Parks Bus Incident

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a man on the bus.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    A year long bus boycott protesting bus segregation in Montgomery

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine African American students were sent to integrate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas
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    Sit-Ins

    Young black students conduct peaceful sit-ins to protest segregation in public units
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    Freedom Rides

  • March on Washington

  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    Terrorist attack killed 4 little girls

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Outlawed discrimination on the basis of race

  • Assassination of Malcolm X

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    Selma to Montgomery Marches

  • Voting Rights Act

    Banned racial discrimination in during all voting processes in America
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    Watts Riots

  • Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Fair Housing Act