Civil Rights: Timeline – Civil Rights 1954-75 Flashcards
What happened in 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson case – made segregation legal
What happened in 1954?
Brown case – rules that schools should be desegregated
What happened in 1955?
Murder of Emmett Till
What also happened in 1955?
Rosa Parks arrested; beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott
What happened in 1957?
Little Rock High School crisis
What also happened in 1957?
SCLC founded
What further happened in 1957?
Civil Rights Act - allowed government to prosecute states which interfered with voting rights
What happened in 1960?
Greensboro sit-in
What also happened in 1960?
SNCC set up
What happened in 1961?
Kennedy becomes President
What also happened in 1961?
Freedom Rides
What happened in 1962?
James Meredith case
What happened in 1963?
Campaign in Birmingham, Alabama
What also happened in 1963?
March on Washington; MLK gives his “I have a dream” speech
What further happened in 1963?
Kennedy assassinated; Johnson becomes President
What happened in 1964?
Freedom Summer
What also happened in 1964?
Civil Rights Act – banned segregation of public places
What happened in 1965?
Malcolm X assassinated
What also happened in 1965?
Campaign in Selma
What further happened in 1965?
Voting Rights Act – banned discrimination in voting
In addition, what then happene in 1965?
Riots in Watts, LA
What happened in 1966?
March Against Fear
What also happened in 1966?
Black Panthers set up
What further happened in 1966?
King’s Campaign in Chicago
What happened in 1968?
Martin Luther King assassinated
What also happened in 1968?
Kerner Report on riots
What further happened in 1968?
Tommie Smith and John Carlos give Black Power Salute at Mexico Olympics
What happened in 1969?
Nixon becomes president
