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Brown v Board of Education
Justices handed down a plan on how to desegregate schools. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans in Montgomery Alabama refused to ride city buses. African Americans represented 75% of the ridership on the city buses in Montgomery. -
Black Power
James Meredith was the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. He was ambushed while attempting to complete a peaceful march from Memphis Tennessee to Jackson Mississippi. -
Little Rock Crisis
Arkansas National guard stoop outside Central High school. Central High school was an all white school were troops did not allow African Americans to enter the all white school. -
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Latino Movement
This movement was commonly know as the Chicano movement or El Movimiento. This movement was to attempt to extend Mexican civil rights. -
Freedom Riders
13 African American and civil rights activist went on freedom rides. This was a bus trip in the south to protest bus segregation. -
Violence in Birmingham
A large amount of riots throughout Alabama protesting segration laws . These riots caused many children and adults to be attacked by police dogs and sprayed by fire hoses. -
March on Washington
Over 200,000 Americans gathered for a political rally know as the March on Washington. The event was to speak about the political and social challenges African Americans were facing. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. This act was purposed by president John F. Kennedy. -
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Selma March
This event was a 18 day march that became violent. The march was to focus effort on registering African Americans to receive full voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The act was signed into law on this date by president Lyndon Johnson. The right banned the discriminatory voting practices. -
Watts Riots
Marquette Frye was pulled over and arrested for suspicion of DUI. This act started a six day rage which caused over 40,000,000 dollars worth of property damage. -
Counterculture
The Woodstock festival was a music and arts festival that attracted 400,000 people from the popular counterculture known as the hippies. -
Feminists Movement
There was a struggle and fight for the ratification of the ERA. Women gathered in cities around the world for the 15th anniversary of the 19th amendment and went on strike. -
Roe v. Wade
The case was scheduled to be re-argued. This was a landmark decision about the issue of abortion.
