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Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)
- 1954
- Brown v. Board of Education
- The Supreme Court rules
that school segregation is
unconstitutional
- overruled Plessy vs.
Ferguson
- "seperate but
equal"
- "seperate but
equal"
- overruled Plessy vs.
Ferguson
- The Supreme Court rules
that school segregation is
unconstitutional
- Brown v. Board of Education
- 1955
- Rosa Parks
- refused to give up her
seat at the front of the
"colored section" of a bus
to a white passenger
- got arrested
- got arrested
- Consequence
- Montgomery
Bus Boycott
- 1955-1956
- December 21, 1965: Montgomery's
buses are desegregated
- 1955-1956
- Montgomery
Bus Boycott
- refused to give up her
seat at the front of the
"colored section" of a bus
to a white passenger
- Rosa Parks
- 1957
- January / February
- Southern Christian
Conference [CLC]
- founded by Martin Luther
King and two other men
- founded by Martin Luther
King and two other men
- Southern Christian
Conference [CLC]
- September 24
- Little Rock
Desegretation
- Nine black students are
blocked from entering
the school (orders of
Governor Orval Faubus)
- Despite a year of violent
threats, several of the "Little
Rock Nine" manage to
graduate from Central High
- Despite a year of violent
threats, several of the "Little
Rock Nine" manage to
graduate from Central High
- Nine black students are
blocked from entering
the school (orders of
Governor Orval Faubus)
- Little Rock
Desegretation
- January / February
- 1962
- October 1
- James Meredith becomes the
first black student to enroll at
the University of Mississippi
- President Kennedy sends 5,000
federal troops after riots break out
- President Kennedy sends 5,000
federal troops after riots break out
- James Meredith becomes the
first black student to enroll at
the University of Mississippi
- October 1
- 1963
- Martin Luther King is
arrested and jailed
- during anti-segregation protests
in Birmingham, Alabama
- writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
- advocated nonviolent civil
disobedience
- advocated nonviolent civil
disobedience
- during anti-segregation protests
in Birmingham, Alabama
- August 28
- March on Washington
- fight for jobs and freedom
- attended by about 250,000 people
- largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital
- the march builds momentum for civil rights legislation
- fight for jobs and freedom
- "I have a dream"
- March on Washington
- Martin Luther King is
arrested and jailed
- 1964
- July 2
- Civil Rights Act
- signed by
President
Johnson
- prohibits discrimination of
all kinds based on race,
color, religion, national origin
- signed by
President
Johnson
- Civil Rights Act
- October
- Martin Luther
King receives the
Nobel PeacePrize
- Martin Luther
King receives the
Nobel PeacePrize
- July 2
- 1965
- February 21
- Assassination
of Malcolm X
- black nationalist
- founder of the
Organization of
Afro-American Unity
- black nationalist
- Assassination
of Malcolm X
- August 10
- Voting Rights Act
- passed by the
Congress
- made it easer for Southern
blacks to register to vote
- Literacy tests, poll taxes and other such
requirements that were used to restrict
black voting are made illigal
- Literacy tests, poll taxes and other such
requirements that were used to restrict
black voting are made illigal
- passed by the
Congress
- Voting Rights Act
- February 21
- 1968
- April 4
- Assassination of
Martin Luther King
- Assassination of
Martin Luther King
- April 11
- President Johnson
signs the Civil Rights
Act of 1986
- prohibits
discrimination in
the sale, rental, and
financing of houses
- prohibits
discrimination in
the sale, rental, and
financing of houses
- President Johnson
signs the Civil Rights
Act of 1986
- November
- Shirley Chisholm
becomes the first
black female U.S.
Representative
- served from 1969 to 1983
- served from 1969 to 1983
- Shirley Chisholm
becomes the first
black female U.S.
Representative
- April 4
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