-
"Seperate but Equal" in facilities
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites. -
Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers
Breaks color barrier by being the first black to play major league baseball -
U.S. Armed Forces integrated
President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order integrating the U.S. armed forces -
Public schools no longer "separate but equal"
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the "seperate but equal" doctrine in public schools. -
Till is dead
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks bus situation
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
-
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
Sit in protest by 4 black college students
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's store. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation -
James Meredith enrolled at University of Mississippi
5000 federal troops were sent by Kennedy to allow Meredith to register for classes and resulted in riots -
Birmingham church bombing
4 black girls are killed by a bomb that was planted in a church. -
MLK Jr. arrested
MLK Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the "most segregated" city in America. -
Medgar Evers murdered
Was shot and killed outside of his home the same night that president Kennedy addresses the nation on race -
National Guard sent to college
Kennedy sends National Guard to the University of Alabama to help after the governor stood in a doorway to block two black students from registering. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill. -
Mississippi Summer Freedom Project
Civil rights workers seek to register blacks to vote and result in buildings being burned and people being killed. -
Civil Rights law signed
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Malcolm X assasinated
He was killed by black opponents after he left the Black Muslims. -
Watts Riots
Los Angeles black suburbs erupts in riots, burning, looting, and 34 deaths -
March on Selma
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins -
Literacy tests outlawed
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the "Black Power" political group known as the Black Panthers. -
MLK Jr. killed
MLK Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis -
Fair Housing Act signed
President Johnson signs the Fair Housing Act, providing equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin.
