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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools. -
Emmett Till Murder
Young fourteen year old boy was murdered in Money, Mississippi because he talked to a white women. Her husband and brother-in-law had kidnapped Till from his uncle's home. The assailants were found not guilty, and Till's mother held an open casket funeral for her son. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks had refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, and when she still wouldn't give up her seat she was arrested. A boycott was organized the day of her trial where African Americans would refuse to ride the city buses and would last a year. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
Nine selected African american teens were chosen to integrate into Little Rock Central High School. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
Four young college students sat down in a lunch counter in Greensboro. They would give up their seats until they were given service. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activist that rode interstate buses to protest against segregation around the country. -
MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
Is a twenty-one page letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. while in a jail cell. -
March on Washington
About a million people had march in Washington D.C. demanding to end segregation, equal treatment, and for their rights to be protected. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
In Birmingham, Alabama on a Sunday morning a bomb had exploded in the downtown Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. It took the lives of four young African American girls. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law passed by Congress that prohibits any discrimination against people based on their race, sex, or religion. -
24th Amendment
The ratification of the tax poll. It now allowed citizens to vote with out paying a tax fee. -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
Law enforcement officers attacked unarmed marchers with tear gas, and billy clubs. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon Johnson signed an act that prohibited any discrimination with voting practices. -
Loving v. Virginia
Supreme court case that shut down laws against marriage between interracial couples. The ruling for the court case was unanimous court decision.