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When the Civil Rights Movement began
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Emmett Till
On August 28, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago, is killed near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly whistling at a white woman. -
Federal Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Interstate Commerce Commission proscribes segregationon interstate buses and trains. -
Rosa Parks refusing
Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Ala, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
University of Alabama
University of Alabama admits its first African-American student, Autherine Lucy, but finds legal ways to prevent her attendance. -
Supreme Court
Supreme Court upholds an Alabama district court ruling in favor of the Montgomery bus boycotters. -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King helps found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in January. -
Congress
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act. -
Mob Threat
A threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation, the supreme court has made that there final desicion. -
India trip
Martin Luther King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visit India. -
Greensboro Woolworth
The downtown Greensboro Woolworth desegregates its lunch counter after six months of sit-ins. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., joins a student sit-in at a whites-only restaurant inside of an Atlanta department store, Rich's. He is arrested along with 51 other protesters on the charge of trespassing. -
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hands down a 7-2 decision in the Boynton v. Virginia case, ruling that segregation on vehicles traveling between states is unlawful because it violates the Interstate Commerce Act. -
Young Activists
A new group of young activists join two of the original Freedom Riders to complete the trip. They are placed under arrest in Montgomery, Alabama. -
President Kennedy
President Kennedy announces that he has ordered the Interstate Commerce Commission to enact stricter regulations and fines for buses and facilities that refuse to integrate. Young white and black activists continue to make Freedom Rides. -
Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court rules that the University of Mississippi must admit African-American student and veteran James Meredith. -
Meredith
Meredith becomes the first African-American student at Ole Miss after President Kennedy orders U.S. marshals to Mississippi to ensure his safety -
Birmingham police
Birmingham police arrest King for demonstrating without a city permit -
James Meredith
James Meredith graduates from Ole Miss. -
Three Freedom Summer workers
Three Freedom Summer workers--Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman--disappear. -
Congress
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination in employment and in public places.
