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Brown v. Board of Education
This Supreme Court case, ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery bus boycott
A political and social protest movement against racial segregation on Montgomery, Alabama's public transportation system was known as the Montgomery bus boycott. It served as a catalyst for the American civil rights movement. -
lynching of emmett till
The 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till drew national attention to Mississippi's pervasive racial injustice and brutality. -
Rosa Parks
American civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks is most remembered for playing a crucial part in the Montgomery bus boycott. She has been recognized as "the mother of the freedom movement" and "the first lady of civil rights" by the US Congress. -
little rock school integration crisis
On September 3, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus dispatched the Arkansas National Guard to stop nine African American students from integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, therefore bringing the school's desegregation to the attention of the country. -
Sit-In at Woolworth's Lunch Counter
When young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960 and refused to leave after being refused service, it became known as the Greensboro sit-in, a civil rights demonstration. The sit-in movement quickly extended to Southern college towns. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were civil rights advocates who, in 1961 and later years, entered the segregated South on interstate buses to protest the US Supreme Court's non-enforcement. -
march on washington for jobs and freedom
The August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also referred to as just the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, took place in Washington, D.C. The march was organized to support African Americans and civil and economic rights. -
birmingham demonstrations
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference launched the Birmingham campaign, often referred to as the Birmingham movement or the Birmingham confrontation, in early 1963 to draw attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. -
chicago school boycott
On October 22, 1963, a large-scale boycott and protest against the segregationist policies of the Chicago Public Schools took place. It was also known as Freedom Day. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin is prohibited under the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, a labor and civil rights law in the United States. -
Malcolm X
During the civil rights era, Malcolm X was a well-known American Muslim clergyman and human rights advocate. Up until 1964, he served as the Nation of Islam's spokesperson and was an outspoken supporter of Black liberation and the spread of Islam in the Black community. -
Selma to Montgomery marches
The three protest marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital, took place in 1965 along a 54-mile stretch of roadway. -
detroit riot
The bloodiest urban riot in American history during the "Long, hot summer of 1967" was the Detroit riot of 1967, sometimes referred to as the 12th Street Riot. -
Martin Luther king jr
From 1955 until his assassination in 1968, American Christian clergyman, activist, and political philosopher Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most well-known figures in the civil rights movement.