Civil Rights Timeline

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Brown V. Board of Education
    Brown V. Board of Education was a historical event in American history. It had allowed African Americans to go to the same school as white people. This court case had de-segregated school all around America.
  • Emmitt Louis Till

    Emmitt Louis Till
    He was falsely accused of flirting with a white girl at the age of 14. He was then Lynched which means he was hanged from a tree by a mob to pay for his "actions".
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa parks refused to give up here seat to white women in 1955. She went to jail and when she came out she became one of the biggest african american movement
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was African Americans protesting that they be able to ride the bus the same as the white people.
  • Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing

    Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing
    This happened because someone disagreed the Jewish beliefs and decided to bomb this temple.
  • Latino Movement

    Latino Movement
    This was called the Chicano Movement and it was to make a Mexican American empowered group. It was also to stop discrimination against them.
  • New Orleans School Intergration

    New Orleans School Intergration
    The new Orleans school was segregated. But then they had desegregated it because it wasnt fair.
  • Albany Movement

    Albany Movement
    The Albany movement was desegregation in Albany Alabama. It was down by the students of nonviolent coordinating committee.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    The march on Washington was to get equal pay, freedom, and choice. African american made one of the biggest march ever
  • Selma March

    Selma March
    The Selma march was a famous march in history for blacks. They marched for 54 miles. This showed that the peoplein this march were determined.
  • Feminist Movement

    Feminist Movement
    This was to make equal rights for women and some what worked. They got more pay instead of getting payed less like they used to. They also got more respect.
  • Black Power

    Black Power
    Martin Luther king got assassinated because some people did not believe in his beliefs. But even though he got assassinated his beliefs lived on and changed America.
  • Counter Culture

    Counter Culture
    This was certain cultures and religions trying to join together. This happened and caused marches and movements around the USA.