Civil Rights Timeline

1954

Supreme Court votes in favor of Linda in the Brown vs. Board of Education case.

1955

Fourteen year old, Emmett Till, is shot in Mississippi.
Ms. Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man that marks the start of the Civil Rights Movement.

1957

Nine African American students attend Little Rock Central High, an all white school. Known as the LIttle Rock Nine.

1961

Freedom Riders take a trip to Southern America.

1962

James Meredith is accepted into University of Mississippi. The first black student.

1966

The Black Panthers is founded in Oakland, California.

1967-Present

African Americans have gained/are gaining their rights as an American.

 

 

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