Civil Rights R.A.F.T. Blog-

(8th Grade Teacher Timeline Bullets)

1896- The Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that segregation laws did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment as long as the facilities made available to both races were roughly equal

May 17, 1954- The United States Supreme Court decides that segregation within public school is violating the U.S. Constitution.

December 1, 1955- Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of the bus because it is racially unfair. This sparks the Montgomery bus Boycott which is lead by Martin Luther King Junior.

September 25, 1957- President Eisenhower sends federal troops to Arkansas to help enforce a desegregation order.

February 1, 1960- Four African-American college students begin sit-in protests at a lunch corner in their college.

April 3, 1963- Birmingham protests begin.

August 28, 1963- Over 250,000 people "march for freedom" in Washington D.C. and MLKJ gives his "I Have A Dream Speech" 

July 2, 1964- President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

1964- Malcolm X left Islam and became a conventional Muslim

1965- Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam

August 6, 1965- The Voting Act of 1965 is passed.

April 4, 1968- MLKJ is assassinated