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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
Founding of NAACP
The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of "people of color." W. E.B. -
Jackie Robinson integrates baseball
Jackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. -
The Military Integrated
In force protection, the synchronized transfer of units nto an operational commander's force prior to mission execution. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
The murder of Emmett Till
An African American boy is flirting with a white woman. When two men sees this, they beat Emmett to death. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Greensboro Sit-in
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960 which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Rides, in U.S. history, a series of political protests against segregation by blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961. In 1946 the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel. -
Birmingham Children's March
The Birmingham Children's Crusade was a march by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, May 2–5, 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement's Birmingham campaign. -
March on Washington
It was a political demonstration held in Washington, D.C. in 1963. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It is a federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment. -
Malcolm X assassinated
On February 21, 1965, one week after his home was firebombed, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. -
Selma March
The three Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 were part of the Voting Rights Movement underway in Selma, Alabama. -
Watts Riots
On Aug. 11, 1965, a routine traffic stop ignited a six-day race riot in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts. The riots left 34 dead and more than 1,000 injured. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
