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Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court decided that segregation in public schools was no longer lawful after a third grader named Linda Brown alleged that schools for whites were far superior to ones for African Americans -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The arrest of Rosa Parks sparked African Americans to stop taking the bus for over a year under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until the buses were desegregated. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine students at Little Rock Central High School were prevented from going to school by the Arkansas National Guard because of their race. The U.S. Government retaliated by sending in the 101st Airborn Division -
Sit-ins
Sit-ins were African Americans going to white only places as protest over segregation. One of the most famous was the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter, where four African Americans went everyday for over 5 months -
Freedom Rides
riding of buses in the South to protest segregation. -
Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystic'
A book written by Betty Friedan, talks about how woman should seek fulfillment in whatever they want, not just being a housewife. -
Birmingham Protest
Peaceful demonstrations turned violent with the use of high pressure hoses and police dogs. -
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Signed into law by J.F.K. and aimed to abolish pay gaps between men and women -
March on Washington
Over 200,000 Americans gathered in D.C. to advocate for equality. Site of the MLK's most famous speech, "I have a dream'. -
Freedom Summer
An effort to increase black voting registration in Mississippi. KKK, police, and state/local authorities were brutal towards the activists. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. Proposed by JFK, passed by LBJ after his death. -
March to Selma
Protesters marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, encountering violent police opposition. They succeeded and raised awareness about the difficulty black Southern voters faced. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Aimed to overcome barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. -
National Organization for Women
Promotes all sorts of rights for women. They challenged discrimination. Still around today. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were a group that found against the government over black rights. -
Black Power Movement
The movement was blacks banding together in order to gain power, prompting books to be written and blacks to speak out. -
Women's Liberation Movement
It was a liberation movement that fought for equal rights between men and women. -
Race Riots of 1967/1968
Huge urban riots went on over inequality, forcing the National Guard and U.S. Army to quell the riots, resulting in multiple deaths. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Says that equality of rights shall not be impeded because of gender. -
Title IX
Federal civil rights that prohibits discrimination based on sex in federally funded education
