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Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson allowed for separate but equal. In Topeka, Kansas a little girl was denied access to her school because of her race and in Brown v. Board of education, they ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in schools. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was coming home from here job when she sat in the iddle of the bus, where both whites and african americans could sit. The bus soon got full and the bus driver asked Rosa to move to the back of the bus so white passengers could sit there. Parks said no, and was arrested for not moving. -
Civil Rights Act
Congress passed the first civil rights act since reconstruction in 1957 after the Little Rock crisis. This act protected the right for African Americans to vote. -
Little Rock
On this date in Little Rock, Arkansas, 9 African American students were admitted to Central high school. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas national guard to prevent the students from entering. An angry white mob soon gathered and Faubus left the school to itself after an order from the president. The mob then destroyed the school and Eisenhower ordered the U.S. Army to go in, where they remained for the rest of the school year, after the students were admitted. -
kennedy Inaguration
President John F. Kennedy is voted the 35th president of the Untied States. He was also the youngest president. His inauguration speech was in Washington D.C. and his running mate was Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Freedom Riders
To fight bus segregation, CORE organization asked not only blacks, but whites as well to ride buses down to the south in order to call attention to the topic. When they reached Alabama, a angry mob attacked them. When they reached Anniston, a bomb was thrown in the bus and when they reached Birmingham, another angry mob beat them. No police were on the job in Birmingham and it was later found that the head of the office ordered an attack on the Freedom Riders. -
James Meredith
An African American student enrolls at Ole Miss. The school had ignored that school segregation was unconstitutional and Ross Barnett, the governor of Mississippi, blocked the entrance and refused to let Meredith enter, even with a court order. President Kennedy ordered federal marshals to the school and an angry white mob attacked the school. Fighting continued all night and James Meredith had to attended the school under federal guard. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a Civil rights leader. He worked to overturn segregation at the university of Mississippi. he also organized voting-registration efforts. On this date, he was assassinated. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a way for the civil rights bill to get support so it could be passed through congress. More than 200,000 demonstators went to the march and heard Martin Luther King's famous speech, "I have a dream". -
John F. Kennedy's Assassination
President Kennedy was riding in the back of a car in Dallas, Texas when he was shot. He was shot twice by Lee Harvey Oswald. Also John Connally was injured, but he survived the attack. -
The Beatles
The Beatles arrive in america to a huge crowd of fans. they arrived at the JFK airport. They first were huge in England and then came to america to get the same response. -
Civil Rights Movement of 1964
After a Filibuster in the senate, many African Americans believed the law would never be passed. President Johnson then started to put everything he had into passing this bill, as it was one of Kennedy's. The law was passed after senate voted to close the filibuster and the law stated that segregation was illegal in most places and gave all citizens access to all facilities. It gave more power to school discrimination lawsuits. It also ended work place discrimination and established the EEOC. -
Malcom X Assassination
Malcom X was an important symbol of black power. He joined the Nation of Islam and preached black nationalism. He broke with them later and criticized the leader. Because of these criticisms, he was assassinated by three organization members. -
March on Selma
SCLC chose Selma, Alabama as the focal point for their campaign to help more african americans register to vote. To retaliate, the town sheriff armed many white citizens. Many african americans were arrested. So SCLC organized a march from Selma to Washington D.C. The Sheriff ordered the marchers to stop and when they knelt to pray, many were beaten on live television. This was known as bloody sunday and caused President Johnson to propose a new voting law. -
Thurgood Marshall
Before Thurgood marshall was the first Black member of the supreme court, he was NAACP's Chief Counsel and Director of its Legal Defense and Education Fund attorney. He later was the first African American member of the Supreme Court. This was a big step for equality because it was such a high position and before African AMericans were thought to not be able to do even the simplest of jobs, which is wrong as so proved by Thurgood Marshall. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was in Memphis, Tennessee supporting a strike. As he was standing on a balcony, he was shot by a sniper. His death ahd a huge impact because the civil rights act was passed while all were in mourning. Also because wether you supported or were against Dr. King, He played a huge roll in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Moon Landing
To end the space race, President Keennedy sent a man into space to be the first to walk on the moon. this man was Neil Armstrong accompined by Buzz Aldrin. They lauched from Kennedy Spcae Center on this date and landed on the moon on July 20.
