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Brown vs. Board of Education
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws -
Emmett Till Murder
4-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
bringing the fight for civil rights to the national stage -
Freedom Rides
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 -
MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
The "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother", is an open letter written -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
It was a clear act of racial hatred: the church was a key civil rights meeting place and had been a frequent target of bomb threats -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
an estimated 525 to 600 civil rights marchers headed southeast out of Selma on U.S. Highway 80 -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution