Civil Rights

  • Creation of the NAACP

    The NAACP was created by an interracial group of activists
  • The Tulsa Race Massacre

    The Tulsa Race Massacre was full of murder and destruction.
  • Scottsboro Boys

    Scottsboro Boys

    9 teenage boys falsely accused of sexually assaulting two women and were unfairly charged in court.
  • Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

    Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • Brown v. board

    Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark. U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously ruled state sponsored segregation in public schools.
  • The Murder of Emmitt Till

    A man flirted with a woman cashier and he was kidnapped and brutally murdered
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa, and Dr. King start a movement.
  • The Little Rock 9

    nine African American students who bravely went to Little Rock Central High School.
  • Ruby Bridges goes to elem. school in New Orleans

    Ruby Bridges desegregated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. becoming the first African American child to attend the all white school.
  • Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    Dr. King gets locked up and writes a speech
  • The Civil Rights March on Washington

    The Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a historic event in Washington, D.C.
  • Civil Rights Act Passed

    The Civil Rights Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President L.B. Johnson
  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    Assassination of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X wanted separation-ism, and got assassinated
  • Voting Rights Act Passed

    The Voting Rights Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President L. B. Johnson.
  • Creation of the Black Panthers

    The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in Oakland, California, by college students Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
  • Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice

    Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson, confirmed by the Senate on August 30.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin was killed after a major speech