Civil Rights: Local & Grassroots

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    Louis L. Redding

    Became the first African American to be a lawyer in Delaware in 1929. For more than 25 years, he was the sole non-white lawyer in the state.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    A Supreme Court case which led to the desegregation of schools.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    A yearlong protest that played a role in the desegregation of buses.
  • March on Washington

    The march where Martin Luther King Jr. would deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech to over 250,000 people
  • Freedom Summer

    A push in Mississippi to get more eligible African Americans registered to vote.