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Brown v. Board of Education
A case in which unequal separation was ruled unjust. Many African American parents sued states for their kids' rights to go to white schools, so the NAACP brought their cases to court, resulting in unequal separation being illegal. A year after the case, school segregation in general became illegal as well. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks's imprisonment for not giving up her seat to a white man, flyers were passed around to African Americans so they wouldn't take buses as a protest. African Americans supported this boycotted and walked until cities allowed them to have their riding freedom. This promoted the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students attempted to enroll in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas where they were threatened by a furious mob of whites who threatened to kill them. U.S. troops escorted them inside. -
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in
Peaceful protests in which students would gather at white-only lunch counters and react nonviolently to attacks from whites. Starting with four black college students at Greensboro, this movement spread across the South with hundreds of students participating. -
March in Washington, D.C.
On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million people marched in Washington DC, listening to speeches from politicians and preachers, including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
A bomb exploded near the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls attending Sunday School. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed segregation in public places and banned prejudice based on one's race, gender, religion, or ethnicity. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act gave African Americans the right to vote by banning impossible literacy tests.