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NAACP was founded
In 1909, Du Bois, Terrell, and others gathered in New York City, NY, where they founded the NAACP to fight racism and violence against all people of color in the United States. -
Brown v. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her act of defiance helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights movement. -
Sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter
Four students sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro, where the official policy was to refuse service to anyone but whites. Denied service, the four young men refused to give up their seats. -
CORE “freedom ride”
The Freedom Rides were a series of bus trips in 1961 that challenged segregation on interstate buses. The rides were organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a nonviolent civil rights organization. -
Dr. King was thrown into Birmingham Jail
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama on April 12, 1963, for participating in a nonviolent march against segregation. He was jailed for "parading without a permit". -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a political demonstration in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. It was a major civil rights event that advocated for the economic and civil rights of Black Americans.