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Civil Rights Movement Timeline (Plessy Freguson 1896: was a landmark…

- - - - Montgomery Bus boycotts 1955 a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
        
        Desegregation of Busses 1956 The United States Supreme Court issued its decision to desegregate the busses and implemented a first come first serve policy The boycott ended on December 20, 1956 after the city of Montgomery passed a law allowing black passengers to sit anywhere on the buses.
        
        Little Rock Nine 1957 Was a group of nine african american Student enrolled in Little Rock Central High school which was followed by The Little Rock Crisis and students were not allowed to enter racially segregated school by the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus.
        
        SCLC 1957 The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African American Civil Rights organization. Martin Luther King Jr. Had a large role in the American civil rights movement.
        
        The Sit-Ins Movement (1960) On February 1, 1960, four African American college students walked up to a whites-only lunch counter at the local Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and asked for coffee. When service was refused, the students sat patiently. Despite threats and intimidation, the students sat quietly and waited to be served. Which then began the Civil Rights Sit-In.
        
        Affirmative action (1961) included a provision that government contractors " take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment " it mainly focused on education and employment. In institution of higher education, affirmative action refers to admission polices that provide equal access to education for those groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as woman and minorities.
        
        The Freedom Rides (1961) The Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. Freedom Riders tried to use "whites-only" restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations in Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern States.
        
        Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963) This was one of the most important written documents of the civil rights era. The letter was written Martin Luther King Jr. while he was staying in prison. The letter defends the strategy of non-violent resistance to racism.
        
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