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Brown v. Board of Education
A landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The blacks in the Montgomery, Alabama, decided that they would boycott the city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted, instead of being relegated to the back when a white boarded. -
Woolworth's sit- in
A series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Freedom Rides
The freedom riders were civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated south to test the United States Supreme Court decision, Boyton v. Virginia. -
Birmingham Children's March and Boycott
he Children's Crusade was the name bestowed upon a march by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 2, May 3, and May 4, 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement's Birmingham Campaign. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. Many children left their schools in order to be arrested, set free, and then to get arrested again the next day. -
March on Washington
A large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. -
Selma to Montgomery March
Three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American Civil Rights Movement.
