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Brown vs. Board of Education
U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional -
Emmett Till murder
an African American, 14 year old boy from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
It was an act where African Americans would go into diners , or businesses and sit in the " whites only " section . -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States -
MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
an open letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. -
March on Washington
A huge march held in Washington DC , to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
24th Amendment
prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
three protest marches, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Loving v. Virginia
a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment