Civil Rights Movement

By briana canales

  • Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown v. Board)

    Occurred on December 9, 1952 ending on May 17, 1954. Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al. Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Started on December 5, 1955 and ending December 20, 1956. Protest which African- Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Started on 1957. The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

  • Sit- ins

    Started on February 1- July 25, 1960. The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.

  • Freedo Riders

    Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court.

  • Birmingham Demonstrations

    Started on 1963.The Birmingham campaign, or Birmingham movement, was a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama.

  • March on Washington

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963.