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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and protest in 1955 and 1956 against the racial segregation on public transportation. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American students that enrolled in the all white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
First Lunch Sit In
In 1960, four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter, polity asked for service, yet was refused service and asked to leave. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern states in 1961. -
Birmingham Campaign
A movement in the early 1963, to bring attention to the integration efforts of African American in Birmingham. -
March on Washington
A march to advocate for civil and economic rights of African Americans in August 1963 -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A civil rights and labor law passed in 1964, that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A piece of federal legislation passed in 1965, that prohibits racial discrimination.
