1. It is ruled that segregation is constitutional
2. Jim Crow laws are put into place in the south
3. Brown v. Board of Education determines that
segregation is actually not constitutional
2. Jim Crow laws are put into place in the south
3. Brown v. Board of Education determines that
segregation is actually not constitutional
Segregation was considered constitutional by
the Plessy v Ferguson ruling
the Plessy v Ferguson ruling
Freedom Riders protested segregation
in interstate bus terminals.
Included both African American
and White civil rights activists
in interstate bus terminals.
Included both African American
and White civil rights activists
The National Association for the advancement of colored people, founded in 1909, works to ensure equality and eliminate racism
7. Martin Luther King Jr. gains support and attention with his non-violent protesting strategies
8. President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law 9. As frustrations rise, different leaders, such as Malcolm X, emerge with the new tactic of using violent self-defense to gain their equality |
4. Little Rock Nine occurs and demonstrates the racial tension over integrating schools
5. Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat on a bus to a white man 6. African Americans refuse to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Creating the first major demonstration against segregation in the U.S. The SNCC and SCLC were civil rights groups that practiced non-violence in order to try to achieve equality
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