-
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a court decision by the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation. It overturned the Plessy decision and separate but equal doctrine. -
Emmett Louis Till Murder
Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was taken and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, he was accused of offending a white woman, her husband was responsible of his murder. His mother insisted on a open casket funeral. " I wanted to show the world what they had done to my boy" she said. -
Rosa Parks & The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and very talkative campaign.The protest was against the policy of racial difference among the political system of Montgomery, Alabama. This civil rights movement took place in the United States. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was nine African American students that went to Little Rock Central High School in 1957. After they were enrolled here there was a Little Rock Crisis. This made the students who were prevented from going into a racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, which who was the Governor of Arkansas. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
The Greensboro Sit-Ins were non-violent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina. They lasted from February 1, 1960 to July 25, 1960. The protests ended the Woolworth Dept. Store racial segregation in the southern United States. -
Freedom Rides
In the spring of 1961, student protesters from the Congress of Racial Equality launched the Freedom Rides to go against segregation on interstate buses and bus terminal. -
MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther's, April 1963 arrest for violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations took place a week after the campaign’s start. A effort to bring back the campaign, King and Ralph Abernathy had donned work clothes and marched from Sixth Avenue Baptist Church into a waiting police wagon. The day of his arrest, eight Birmingham clergy members wrote a criticism of the campaign that was published in the Birmingham News, -
March On Washington
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom. It was known as The Great March on Washington. This was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to back up for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist bombing. The bombing was on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963 -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States. This outlaws segregation based on race, color, religion, sex, and origin. -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
The Selma to Montgomery march was a three protest march. It was along a 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a piece of legislation in the United States that stops racial discrimination in voting. -
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia was a civil rights case of the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.