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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools based on the race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the US. -
Emmett Till Murder
A Chicago native, Till was visiting relatives in Mississippi, when he was accused of harassing a white woman. Several days later, relatives of the woman kidnapped Till, brutally beating and killing him before disposing of his body in a nearby river. -
Montgomery bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a mass protest against segregation on the city buses of Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine and School Integration
The Little Rock Nine was a group of African American high-school students who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest. when African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, and refused to leave after being denied service. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Rides were a form of a peaceful political protest during the civil rights movement. African American and whites challenged laws against segregation by traveling together on buses throughout the South. -
MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail
It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through. He also said "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -
March on Washington
a quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
A bomb exploded at a Baptist Church as church members prepared for Sunday services. The racially motivated attack killed four young girls and shocked the nation. -
24th Amendment
it outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. -
“Bloody Sunday”
A police and a citizen attacked marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama an event that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement as Bloody Sunday. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting -
Loving v. Virginia
A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races