1. Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968 Life under Plessy v. Ferguson

2. Brown vs. Board of Education 1954

3. Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-56 Response to Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat to a white man

4. Central High School Integration 1957

5. Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1957 Formed by MLK Jr. to begin peaceful protests

6. Greensboro Sit-In, North Carolina 1960 Main goal was to stop lunch counter discrimination

7. Black Separatism 1961

8. Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee 1960 Created to organize non-violent student protests

9. Freedom Rides 1961 Test of desegregation in bus stations and terminals in the south; Robert F. Kennedy sent troops to protect riders after they were attacked.

10. Birmingham, Alabama 1963 Police Commissioner “Bull” Connor used police dogs and fire hoses to stop demonstrations; victims included over 1000 children and teens

11. March on Washington 1963 Began as a march to demand jobs for blacks

12. Civil Rights Act 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin

13. Selma, Alabama 1965 “Bloody Sunday” Prompted the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

14. Assassination of Malcolm X 1965

15. Voting Rights Act of 1965 Prohibited the use of literacy tests and poll taxes

16. Watts Riots 1965 Began in response to the arrest of a black man for a minor traffic violation

17. Black Panther Party 1966 Organized to defend the black community from police brutality (Ten-Point Platform)

18. Detroit Race Riots 1967 Began after police arrested 83 blacks at a blind pig…worst riot in U.S. history until the 1992 Los Angeles riots

19. Kerner Report 1968 Described patterns of racial discrimination and prejudice in the United States

20. Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968

21. Olympics/Black Power 1968 African-American Athletes at the 1968 Mexico City games give the Black Power salute