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Brown V. Board of Eduction
Ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. , -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine teens who became the first African American students to enter Little Rock’s Central High School. -
First Lunch Counter Sit-In
Four African American students from a North Carolina College sat down at a lunch counter but was refused to be served. The four students stayed until the store closed. -
Freedom Riders
Seven blacks and six whites boarded two buses in Washington D.C. and headed south. When they reached Anniston, Alabama, a white mob attacked them. -
Birmingham Campaign
King and SCLC joined forces with local Birmingham activists led by Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth. They planned a series of nonviolent actions against segregation. -
March on Washington
A quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic Justice, and long overdue civil rights protections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, national origin, religion, color, or race. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.