Brown vs. Bored of education of topeka

Freedom Riders

1951

Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern part of the United States

brown v bored of education of topeka

Dec 9, 1952

Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

Naacp officer removed from the colored section of a segregated bus

Martin Luther King Jr

Dec 5, 1955

Father of the Civil rights movement

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

1960

Civil rights group for young black people

James Metredith

1962

Won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll in the all white university of Mississippi

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jul 2, 1964

Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

1965

Eliminated the literary tests that disqualified many from voting

Black Panthers

1966

Political party to fight police brutality

Civil Rights Act of 1968

1968

Ended discrimination in housing