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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a consolation of five cases in which it was stated that the racial segregation that happened in public schools was unconstitutional, putting an end to it. However, schools still continued to segregate kids based off race, it took some time for racial segregation to fully go away in public schools. -
Rosa Parks
On December 12th, 1955, Rosa Parks had gotten on a bus, during this time Blacks and Whites had to sit in different sections of the bus. Blacks in the back, Whites in the front. However that day, Rosa Parks sat in the front and refused to give her seat up to a white man. She was arrested and sent to jail for a brief time. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students challenged the racial segregation in Little Rock Central High School. They were being harassed from the white students, that President Dwight Eisenhower had to send in federal troops to be with them, however it didn't stop the harassment, unfortunately. -
The Greensboro Sit-In
A group of four African American students entered Woolworth's white only lunch counter, they refused to leave whenever they were denied service. -
The March on Washington
Around 250,000 people attended the March on Washington, where they went to protest for equal rights and jobs. Here is when Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law, which stopped employment discrimination based off race, color, sex, religion, and natural origin. Title VII EEOC made it so that workplaces would be accepting and not discriminate against minorities. -
Selma to Montgomery March
Around 600 civil rights marchers walked from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, in protest of the Black voter suppression. Local police brutally attacked them. However after successfully fighting the court for their right to march, on March 25th Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights leaders marched all the way to Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Johnson signed the "Voting Rights Act of 1965", which prevented literacy tests to be used as a voting requirement. It also allowed for federal observers to monitor polling places and review voting qualifications. -
Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act provided equal housing opportunists to everyone regardless of race, religion, or national origin.