Civil Rights Movement

Brown v. Board of Education

Dec 9, 1952

Separte public schools for children were uncontutional. This was important so young kids can adapt to the civel rights movement. While showing them while they are young helps carry the same habbits in there adulthood.

Little Rock Nine

May 17, 1954

a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock High school. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis. Which prevented students from entering the racially segregated school

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

MLK Jr. starten the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. Reactions of simelar boycotts in the south in 1956 started. The supreme court voted to end segregated busing In 1955,

1957 Durham, North Carolina sit-in

Jun 23, 1957

a court case on the legality of segregated facilities in 1957

1960 Greensboro and Nashville sit-ins

Feb 1, 1960

nonviolent protests in Greensboro North Carolina, It led to the Woolworth department store chain removing a policy on racial segeration in the Southern U.S.

Freedom Riders

May 4, 1961

Civ il rights supporters that rode buses into the segergated South, to challenge the non-enforcement of the united states surprime court case Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Integration of Ole Miss

Sep 30, 1962

MLK Jr. Marches in Birmingham

Apr 3, 1963

Civil Rights Act

Jul 2, 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Apr 11, 1968