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Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
-Involved African Americans and white students
-All schools had segregation laws in public schools
-The outcome of the event led to desegregation of the schools -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
-Involved African Americans and Rosa Parks
-Political and Social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white woman.
-The outcome of this event led to the Supreme Court ruling segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
-Involved a group of nine African American students
-The nine students were enrolled into all white schools, and were bullied about their race
-The outcome of this event led to several of the nine students to have distinguished careers. -
Sit-Ins
-Involved African Americans including Martin Luther King Jr.
-African American students staged a sit in at segregated Woolworths lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and refused to leave after being denied service.
-The outcome of this event led to many protesters to be arrested, but their actions made an immediate and lasting impact, Woolworths and other establishments to change their segregation policies. -
Freedom Riders
-Involved groups of white and African American civil rights activists
-They tried to use ¨whites only¨ restrooms, lunch counters, and bus stations
-The outcome of this event led to many being arrested, but it also led to hundreds of new riders. -
Birmingham Demonstrations
-Involved African American high school students
-It was a peaceful walk of high school students, until they were sprayed with high pressure water jet from a fire hose.
-The outcome of this event led to the students winning the protest they were waling for. -
March on Washington
-Involved African Americans including Martin Luther King Jr.
-A massive protest, 250,000 people, the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation.
-The outcome of this event led to African Americans to receive the rights they fought long and extremely hard for.