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Jim crow
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation. -
Plessy V Ferguson
Homer Plessy violated Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890 by boarding a whites-only train car. The law required "equal but separate" accommodations for white and Black passengers. -
Brown V Board of Ed
The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education outlawed racial segregation in public schools, which led to a wave of desegregation efforts. However, the decision was met with fierce resistance, particularly in the South. -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 381-day protest that took place in Montgomery, Alabama from December 1955 to November 1956. The boycott was a response to racial segregation on the city's buses. It was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement and inspired other civil rights protests across the country -
Little Rock 9
In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. -
Sit -in
The sit-in movement employed the tactic of nonviolent direct action and was a pivotal event during the Civil Rights Movement. -
Freedom rides
During the spring of 1961, student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality launched the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. -
March on Washington
March on Washington, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, that was attended by an estimated 250,000 people to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. -
Freedom Summer
During the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi. The students came from different backgrounds, colleges, and Civil Rights organizations. Despite these differences, they had one goal. -
Voting rights act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. -
24 Amendment
It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.