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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
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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.
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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
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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
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riding of buses in the South to protest segregation.
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A book written by Betty Friedan, talks about how woman should seek fulfillment in whatever they want, not just being a housewife.
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Peaceful demonstrations turned violent with the use of high pressure hoses and police dogs.
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Signed into law by J.F.K. and aimed to abolish pay gaps between men and women
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Over 200,000 Americans gathered in D.C. to advocate for equality. Site of the MLK's most famous speech, "I have a dream'.
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An effort to increase black voting registration in Mississippi. KKK, police, and state/local authorities were brutal towards the activists.
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ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. Proposed by JFK, passed by LBJ after his death.
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Protesters marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, encountering violent police opposition. They succeeded and raised awareness about the difficulty black Southern voters faced.
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Aimed to overcome barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote.
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Promotes all sorts of rights for women. They challenged discrimination. Still around today.
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The Black Panthers were a group that found against the government over black rights.
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The movement was blacks banding together in order to gain power, prompting books to be written and blacks to speak out.
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It was a liberation movement that fought for equal rights between men and women.
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Huge urban riots went on over inequality, forcing the National Guard and U.S. Army to quell the riots, resulting in multiple deaths.
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Says that equality of rights shall not be impeded because of gender.
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Federal civil rights that prohibits discrimination based on sex in federally funded education
