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Brown V. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a seminal decision by the United States Supreme Court that found that state laws mandating racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated institutions are otherwise equal in quality. -
New Orleans school desegregation crisis
The time of strong public opposition in New Orleans that followed the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rooted from Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat, which resulted in a boycott from women and children not using the bus at all, which hurt bus company's. After that they changed their policy's. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Christian minister, a very important person in the Civil Rights Movement, but he was assassinated in 1968. -
The lynching of Emmett Till
When Till was staying at his uncle's house, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam broke in, shot and disfigured Till, took him out of bed, and threw his body into the Tallahatchie River. -
Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis
Nine African American students attended Little Rock Central High School in 1957, they were known as the Little Rock Nine. Following their enrolment came the Little Rock Crisis, in which Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus first forbid the kids from accessing the school. -
Freedom Riders
In order to protest segregated bus terminals, groups of white and African American civil rights activists took part in the 1961 Freedom Rides, which were bus excursions through the American South. -
the March on Washington
The March on Washington of 1963, was a very important thing to happen for the Civil Rights Movement. It was a very peaceful protest with very compelling speeches. -
Chicago Public School Boycott
October 22, 1963, Chicago Public Schools boycott, sometimes referred to as Freedom Day, was a widespread protest and boycott against the school system's segregationist practices. -
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. -
Freedom Summer
Launched in June 1964, Freedom Summer, was a volunteer effort in the United States that aimed to register as many African-American voters in Mississippi as possible. -
The Birmingham campaign
It brought attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X had a falling out with Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the NOI, following his controversial comments regarding President John F. Kennedy's assassination. -
Selma March
Three protest marches were conducted in 1965 from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital, over a 54-mile stretch of roadway. -
1967 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. Police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar