civil rights timeline

  • brown VS board of education start date.

    brown VS board of education start date.
    This was a supreme court case on how it was wrong to segregate student into "equal" schools based on skin color.
  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott
    a protest campaign against the segregation of public transportation between blacks and whites
  • the Beatles preform I want to hold your hand

    the Beatles preform I want to hold your hand
    a new band started to preform one of there new songs called i want to hold your hand
  • civil rights act of 1964

    civil rights act of 1964
    was considered a landmark in civil rights. made all discrimination on race, religion, color, sex, and national origin
  • Martin Luther King Jr. is killed

    Martin Luther King Jr. is killed
    he had to deal with a ton of bull from other younger African Americans who belived in a more physical solution. James Earl Ray killed him