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Brown Versus Board of Education
NAACP attorneys began lawsuits to let black students attend white public schools. A Supreme Court Decision declared that racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
When Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white person, a bus boycott was started. Dr. Martin Luther King led the boycott which resulted in money losses for the bus system. The boycott lasted until December 20, 1956 with a ruling declaring bus laws unconstitutional. -
Woolworth's sit-in
Four black students from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College wanted to order lunch at Woolworth's counter. The manager insisted that it was a "white only" lunch, but the students refused to move and stayed until it closed. They launched a movement that spread across the country. -
Freedom RIdes
Seven black people and six white people left Washington DC on two buses headed toward the deep south. They were testing a court ruling that segregation in bus and rail stations was unconstitutional. Within weeks, riders were beaten and buses were burned. -
Birmingham Children's March and Boycott
Hundreds of students marched downtown to speak to the mayor about segregation in their community. It went on for three days as fire hoses and dogs were used on the students so they could not get to the mayor. This lead to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. -
March On Washington
African Americans started a large political rally for civil and economic rights in Washington, D.C. It began at the Washington Monument and ended at the Lincoln Memorial. Martin Luther King's made his famous speach "I Have A Dream". -
Selma to Montgomery March
Over 600 civil rights people attempted to march from Selma to Montogmery Alabama for the right to vote. They were faced with tear gas and billy clubs. Two more marches followed and only the third on March 21, 1965 made it all the way to Montgomery
