Brown v. Board of Education 1954. Southern White protest.

Brown v. Board of Education1954

Southern White protest

Thurgood Marshall Lawyer for the Brown family

August 1955

• Emmett Till

Emmett Till’s jury

Emmett’s Funeral

Dec. 1955Rosa Parks

Dr. King becomes the voice of Civil Rights Movement

1957

Little Rock1957

• 9 black students are refused entrance into Central High School

Sit-Ins1960

James Meridith first black to enroll in University of Mississippi—1961---Riots cause President Kennedy to call in 5,000 federal troops.

April 16, 1963Dr. King is arrested (again) Jailed

in Birmingham

May 1963Birmingham protest

Medgar Evers is murdered

August 1963King Dream Speech in DC

Sept. 1963Birmingham

Feb. 1965

March 1965Bloody Sunday

April 4 1968