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Brown vs. Board of Education
All nine Supreme Court Justices rule to have segregation banned from public school. -
Emmett Till Murder
An African American 14-year-old boy named Emmett Till was brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Parks
An African-American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A protest campaign led by Dr.Martin Luther King that protested against the racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
Nine African-American students attended a 'White Only' school, and were constantly being verbally and violently harassed. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-Ins
A civil rights protest where African-Americans would stage a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter and refused to leave after being denied service. -
Freedom Rides
A political protest against segregation by black and white people who rode buses together through the American South. -
MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail
Letter written by Dr.Martin Luther King while he was imprisoned for protesting against the treatment of black people to defend his position for nonviolent direct action. -
March on Washington
A march for jobs and freedom 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. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
A march in Selma, Alabama that was led by Hosea Williams to ensure that African-Americans could exercise their constitutional rights to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act was signed on August 6, 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson. This act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Loving v. Virginia
A Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States.