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The NAACP was created by an interracial group of activists
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The Tulsa Race Massacre was full of murder and destruction.
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9 teenage boys falsely accused of sexually assaulting two women and were unfairly charged in court. -
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark. U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously ruled state sponsored segregation in public schools.
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A man flirted with a woman cashier and he was kidnapped and brutally murdered
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Rosa, and Dr. King start a movement.
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nine African American students who bravely went to Little Rock Central High School.
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Ruby Bridges desegregated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. becoming the first African American child to attend the all white school.
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Dr. King gets locked up and writes a speech
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The Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a historic event in Washington, D.C.
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The Civil Rights Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President L.B. Johnson
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Malcolm X wanted separation-ism, and got assassinated -
The Voting Rights Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President L. B. Johnson.
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The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in Oakland, California, by college students Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
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Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson, confirmed by the Senate on August 30.
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Martin was killed after a major speech