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Brown v. Board of education
Brown v board education was a milestone decision. The Supreme Court said that segregating kids in public school was “unconstitutional”. The Brown v. Board helped end racial segregation in school all over the United States. -
Montgomery boycott
Rosa parks started the “Montgomery boycott”. She sat in the front of the bus when she was not allowed to and she was tired of black people sitting in the back part of the bus, so she ended up sitting in the front, it lead to a boycott. This boycott lasted 13 months, and eventually Martin Luther King Jr. became the leader. The Montgomery boycott ended in a good way the U.S. Supreme Court said that it was “unconstitutional”. The boycott ended segregation on buses. -
Little Rock nine
Little Rock nine started by some teenagers walked out of their homes and protested to desegregate Little Rock nine Central high school. -
First lunch counter
4 black students from North Carolina agricultural tech college went to go sit at a lunch counter in Woolworth's drugstore. When they ordered the food their server refused to serve them. The server said “only white customers could eat at Woolworth’s”. The 4 black students ended up staying till the store closed. The next day they came and 20 more people joined, they were still not being served. Later the Woolworth’s drugstore gave up on July 25, 1960. -
Freedom rides
In 1960 the Supreme Court said that segregation interstate transportation was illegal. Later on May 4, 1961, 7 black people and 6 white people took 2 buses from Washington D.C to the south. When they got to the south on May 14, a white mob attacked them. They threw a bomb at the buses window and beat them till they’d got off the bus. Even though they went through all that they ended up banning segregation in interstate transportation. -
Birmingham campaign
In the 1960s Birmingham was always “The most segregated city in the country” . Birmingham experienced segregation in every aspect of public life. In late April briminghams black leaders noticed that the protests weren’t working. On May 2, 1963, 1,000 African American youth protested. All of that helped create the civil rights act. -
March on Washington
March on Washington was lead by Martin Luther king. He lead a calm non-violent way. King gave his “I have a dream” speech. A quarter million people listened and demanded to end segregation, fair wages, voting rights, etc. -
Civil rights act
Martin Luther King jr was the leader of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther king want equal rights for all people. From this act it prohibited discrimination such as race, color, religion, etc. -
Voting rights
The voting rights act was signed on August 6 , 1965. It was signed by president Lyndon Johnson. It was made to outlaw discriminatory voting.