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Brown V. Board of Education
The end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States -
Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
The Little Rock Nine and The Little Rock Central High School Integration
A group of nine Black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
The Greensboro Four and The Sit-In Movement
Four African American's sat down for lunch at a counter where African American's weren't allowed to sit. -
Ruby Bridges and The New Orleans School Integration
Ruby Bridges entered a New Orleans school after the state of Louisiana had tried to stop her and other black students from enrolling in all-white schools. -
Freedom Rides
A series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South. -
Birmingham Demonstrations
An American movement to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham. -
March on Washington
The occasion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. -
Civil Rights Act
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Three men opened fire inside the crowded Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan as Malcolm X was starting to speak. -
Loving V. Virginia
Civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled those laws banning interracial marriage. -
Detroit Riot
Violent confrontations between residents of African American neighborhoods of Detroit and the city’s police department. -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Black Panther Party Founded
Protected and patrolled African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.