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The Plessy vs. Ferguson case started in 1892 when Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a "whites only car." Plessy took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court were it was ruled that "separate but equal facilities" were constitutional. This case was very significant because, not only did it rule segregation in railroads constitutional but, segregation was also legal in any "seperate but equal facilites."

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Brown vs. The Board of Education was taken all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Oliver Brown wanted his daughter to be able to go to an integrated school close to were they lived. In 1954, the US Supreme Court decided that segregation was unconstitutional. From that point on all public schools in American had to integrate.  The Brown vs. The Board of Education case over ruled the previous Plessy vs. Ferguson case which determined that segregation was legal. Even though this court ruling made it illegal to segregate schools many Southern Schools refused to desegregate.

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Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was brutally murdered in 1955. His friends dared him to go into a store and ask the white woman working their on a date. Emmett went in bought some candy and on his way out said "bye baby." Carolyn Bryant claimed Emmett the young boy grabbed her and whistled at her on his way out. Carolyn Bryant's husband came home from a trip a few days later. He was furious and he went to Emmett's great uncles house kidnapped and brutally murdered him. Their was later a trial and after only an hour of deliberation the court ruled Rob Bryant not guilty. This trial made many people enraged because the young boy didn't get justice.

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In 1955 when their were still Jim Crow laws Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, AL Bus. This situation got Rosa Parks arrested. The black community wanted justice for Rosa Parks so they boycotted Montgomery buses for over a year the company almost went bankrupt. In response the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation on buses unconstitutional. This boycott also brought national attention to the leader of the boycott Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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In 1956, Georgia response to the Brown vs Board of Education case. The Georgia General Assembly decided to approve a very controversial flag. The flag was controversial because two-thirds of the flag looked like the confederate flag. This offended many African Americans and progressive whites. The flag was later replaced in 2001 after representing Georgia for 45 years. People speculated that the flag was supposed to symbolize Georgia's disobedience of the Federal government's integration laws.

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Freedom Riders were white and African American civil rights activists. They would protest segregated bus terminals and tried to use "whites-only" facilities. On May 14th, 1961, Freedom Riders rode the Greyhound bus to Anniston Alabama. The bus had past its final destination because, an angry mob of about 200 people surrounded it. The mob followed in vehicles and one of them threw a bomb in the bus causing the bus to evacuate. The mob then brutally beat the rides and when the second bus arrived they beat them too. The government was put under pressure to stop the violence so they ruled segregation on interstate transit terminals illegal.

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The Albany Movement took place in 1961-1962 the goal was to end all types of segregation in Albany Georgia. It was a desegregation movement involving the SNCC and NAACP. The movement did many things including boycotting, mass protests and sit-ins. MLK came to Albany Georgia where him and many others were arrested because of the police trying to avoid negative publicity. MLK claimed that the movement failed in Georgia since they were trying to do to many things. However, Albany Georgia did eventually desegregate.

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March on Washington/"I Have a Dream" - 1963

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March on Washington/"I Have a Dream" - 1963

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led over 250,000 people on a civil rights march in 1963. The march in Washington D.C was trying to bring attention to President Kennedy and the Congress to pass a law for quality education for everyone and equal rights. MLK also gave the famous "I  Have a Dream" speech to inspire Americans to strive for an equal country where blacks and whites could play together.

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The Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 soon after the March on Washington. The law banned discrimination against any American based on religion, race, sex, color, or nation origin. This act was a big step in the right direction towards equality in America.

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Activist John Lewis was only 25 at the time when he led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. On March 7th, 1965, when the march took place state troops brutally beat the marchers. The footage of the attacks dubbed "Bloody Sunday" shocked many and intensified  the fight against racial injustices. The event of Bloody Sunday also caused Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 14th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The assassination of MLK shocked many. MLK was a civil rights  activist who led the civil rights movement nonviolently and strived for equality. He was also the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He was seen as an inspiration by many to fight for equality. He wanted blacks and whites to someday be able to play together and be peaceful. His presence in the Civil Rights movement was so important that he even has a day dedicated to him MLK Day.