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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Thousands of African Americans in Montgomery stopped using the buses as a sign of protest with the purpose of claiming their human rights. In addition, they organized carpool systems so that they could go to every part of the city without taking the bus. -
Integration of Little Rock Central
Nine black students attended Central High School in Little Rock, to try and put into practice the new desegregation law that the president imposed at a national level. This nine students were verbally abused that first day, Eisenhower sent troops to protect this students so that they could have a fair education. -
First lunch counter sit-in
Four African American college students in North Carolina sat down at Woolworth’s counter to have lunch. They were asked to leave the restaurant, but they stayed. This peaceful protest led to the beginning of a movement led by the youth population throughout the South. -
Freedom Rides
A group of white and African American people, who were very active in the Civil Rights Movement, decided to protest segregated bus terminals by taking bus trips through the South and using the ‘‘only whites’’ public areas, like restrooms or restaurants. -
Birmingham campaign
Martin Luther King Jr. determined Birmingham as the most segregated city in the states, so it became the main goal for a lot of Civil Rights activists to desegregate this city by organizing non-violent protests. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people gathered on Washington DC and listened to Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech ‘‘I have a dream’’. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act ended segregation in public places and prohibited employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act banned all the impediments that the African Americans had to overcome every time they went voting, like illiteracy tests.
