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Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown v. Board)
The Supreme Court Case that school segregation was unconstitutional and a violation of the 14th amendment. This was one of the major influences in the entire civil rights movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a political and social protest against racial segregation in buses. The famous incident between Rosa Parks and a white person in a bus started this boycott. It last for over a year and led to the Supreme Court declaring the racial seating laws were unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students who went to an all white school, and were later kicked out by 1,000 angry white protesters and armed soldiers sent by the government. The government registered the segregation as unconstitutional and created a "separated but equal," policy. -
Sit-Ins
Four African American college students protested when a local store refused to serve them at a "white counter". They decided to sit in the store until they closed. This continued for months. Gradually, more and more protesters joined. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders, who were passengers that refused to sit in segregated areas in a bus, were mobbed in Montgomery, Alabama by 1,000 white people who surrounded their bus. This led to the president, Robert Kennedy, to send marshals to keep Alabama in order. -
Birmingham Demonstrations
When civil rights leaders tried to keep the newspaper and television people in Birmingham to show the people in the nation how they were treated. Kids were being washed across the street with powerful hoses, and adults were being beaten. -
March on Washington
A march at the capital that was intended to create more jobs, but later also turned into a civil right movement march. It was the iconic march where Martin Luther King Jr. recited his "I Have a Dream Speech."