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Plessy V. Ferguson
Homer Plessy broke the law by refusing to sit in a seperate jim crow car. The U.S supreme court case ruled that segregation was constitutional as long as everything was "seperate but equal." It was later overturned by the Brown V. Board of education case in 1954. -
Brown V. Board of Education
A U.S supreme court case that ruled the segregation of schools unconstitutional. This undid the affects of the Plessy V. Ferguson court case in 1896. This event inspired the civil rights reform. -
Murder Of Emmett Till
Fourteen year old Emett Till was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he reportedly went to a local store and flirted with a white cahier. Days later, two white men kidnapped him, beat him, and murdered him. The men were taken two court but the case was dismissed by an all-white jury. -
Rosa Parks & The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks sat down on the bus after a long day at work as a seamtress, when a white man entered the bus he demanded the three African Americans to move. The two other complied but Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. This started a revolution of bus boycotts and didnt end until November 23rd, 1956, when bus segregation was finally ruled unconstitutional. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conferance & Marrtin Luther King Jr.
On January 10th, 1957 sixty black ministers and civils rights leaders met in Atalanta, Georgia. Their goal was to replicate a successful movement like the montgomery bus boycott. Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen to be the president of the group -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine students that enrolled into an all-white school. They were testing the U.S supreme court case from 1954 that declared segregation in schools was unconstitutional. On the first day of school the governor of Arkansas called state national guard to block off and deny entry to the black students. -
Greensboro sit-in
College students sat down at a diner in Greensboro, North Carolina. They asked to be served but the staff refused because they weren't sitting in the colored section. Eventually, white guest in the restauraunt became angry and started to abuse them, despite the abuse, the students didn't leave until they were arrested. -
Freedom Riders
The freedom rides were a series of bus trips through the south to protest against segregation at bus terminals. They even tried using white restrooms, and counters. Eventually they gained attention and segregation on interstate transportation and commerce was prohibited. -
March On Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C to proteest for jobs and freedom. It was organized by various religous and civil rights groups. The goal was to shed light upon the struggles of African Americans. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committtee & Freedom Summer
The committee organized a voter registration drive known as the Mississippi Summer Project or Freedom Summer, their goal was to increase black voter registration in Mississippi. The group was made up of black Mississippians and large crowd of white volunteers. The protest turned violent and the SNCC was attacked by police and the Ku Klux Klan -
Civil Rights Act
The act was signed by Lyndon Johnson on July 2nd, 1964. It prohibited discrimination in public places, provided integration in schools and made employment discrimination illegal. This act was passed 100 years after the civil war. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21st, 1965, one week after his home was firebombed. He was shot to death by a Muslim group in New York City. He faced threats and attacks throughot his whole life. -
Voting Rights Act
This was signed by president Lyndon Johnson on August 6th, 1965. It aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting. It was under the 15th amendment of the United States constitution. -
Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American clergyman and a civil rights activist. He was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He died at the age 39 and left behind a wife and 3 children.
