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Plessy V. Ferguson
This was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It Upheld the constitutionality of the racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. Final decision was "seperate but equal" -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
The debut day of Jackie Robinson into the MLB. It inaugurated baseball and broke a sixty year ban against African Americans baseball players. -
The Integration of Armed Forces
President Truman signed this order establishing equality of treatment and opportunity, It abolished discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces. -
Sweatt V. Painter
In 1950 Herman Sweatt, a black man, applied to attend the University of Texas Law School. State law restricted access to the university to whites, and Sweatt's application was automatically rejected because of his race. The court held that the equal protection clause required that Sweatt be admitted to the university, and that the law school for African American was greatly unequal to the U.T law school. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The landmark decision of the U.S Supreme Court in 1896 to uphold the constitutionality of state segregation laws about public facilities that were to be "separate but equal".- Ended segregation in schools -
The Bus Boycott of Montgomery, Alabama
A civil rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. -
The Integration of Little Rock High School
The desegregation of Little Rock High School, happened when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an attempt to prevent nine African American students from entering the school. President Eisenhower later sent federal troops to escort the 9 African American students to school. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
A federal voting rights bill, it showed the Federal Government's support for racial equality. -
The Freedom Rides of 1960
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. They did this to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
The Greensboro Four
The Greensboro Four were 4 African American men who sat in a store in Greensboro. They were non violently protesting, this act eventually led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials and the states. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
On September 30, 1962 a riot broke out on the University of Mississippi's campus, where local students protested against the enrollment of James Meredith, black Air Force veteran attempting integrate the all white school. The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision in June 1962 ordering the school to admit Meredith the following fall, James became the first black graduate from the university in August 1963. -
The Integration of the University of Alabama
When African American students attempted to desegregate the University of Alabama in June 1963, Alabama’s new governor, flanked by state troopers, blocked the door of the enrollment office.The U.S. Supreme Court, however, had declared segregation unconstitutional in 1954’s Brown v. Board of Education, and the executive branch used aggression to enforce the ruling. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was a massive protest march with about 250,000 people. The March aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have A Dream” speech. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas. He was sitting in a convertible waving at big crowds, and at approximately 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots from a nearby building killing President Kennedy. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the base of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
On February 21,1965 Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims. -
The March on Selma Alabama
The Selma march was a civil right protest that occurred in 1965. In an effort to register black voters in the South, protesters marched the 54 mile route from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery they were confronted with violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. -
The Voting Rights of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
M.L.K. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. -
The Passage of Title IX
A major landmark in women's rights in education as Title IX banned sex discrimination in educational institutions. Guaranteed girls in school the same opportunities as boys , especially in sports. -
The Appointment of the First Woman Justice of the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O' Conner became the First Woman Justice in the Supreme Court -
The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Barack became the first African American President. -
The Elimination of Combat Restriction for Women
Woman can now serve on ground combat -
The Democratic Party Nomination of Hillary Clinton
