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Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown v. Topeka Board of Education was a groundbreaking case in the Supreme Court of 1954, and judges unanimously ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. The Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement and helped set a precedent that "separate but equal" education and other services are not really equal at all. -
Emmett Till Murder
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 drew public attention to racial violence and injustice in Mississippi. While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till may have gone to Bryant's shop with his cousin and whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and her brother-in-law, J.W. Miram, were kidnapped, brutally killed Till, and dumped her body on the Tara Hatchie River. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest that African Americans refused to drive a city bus to protest a separated seat in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956, and is considered the first major US demonstration against racial segregation. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested and fined for refusing to give her a bus seat to a white man. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
The separation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas occurred on September 3, 1957, when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas Guard to prevent nine African-American students from being integrated into the high school. Attracted the public's attention. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
Greensboro sit-in refuses to leave after a young African-American student sits in an isolated Woolworth canteen in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960 and is denied service. It was a civil rights movement that started when I did. The sit-in movement soon spread to the southern university town. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders was a group of white and African-American civil rights activists who took part in Freedom Riders, a bus tour of the southern United States to protest the isolated bus terminal in 1961. Freedom Rider sought to use "white-only" toilets and food counters at bus terminals in Alabama, South Carolina, and other southern states. -
MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, JR. In April 1963, he wrote his "Letter from Birmingham Prison", contrary to the non-violent protest criticism of Birmingham in Alabama. Sewing, "not wise and wise" calls were governed and they were sentenced to the "outsider" derived.
He calls the spirit of "real thing", recognizes the sincerity of their requests, and starts his letter by making the sound of wise interaction. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a major protest in August 1963 when about 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Also known as the March on Washington, the event aimed to draw attention to the ongoing challenges and inequality faced by African Americans a century after their liberation. It was also the opportunity for Martin Luther King Jr.'s now iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
The bombing of Birmingham Church occurred on September 15, 1963, when the bomb exploded before Sunday morning worship at the Baptist Church on 16th Street in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young girls were killed and many more were injured. Anger at the incident and the subsequent fierce clashes between protesters and police helped focus public attention on the fierce and often dangerous struggles for African-American civil rights. -
24th Amendment
Amendment Article 24, Amendment (1964) of the US Constitution prohibits federal and state governments from collecting poll taxes before citizens vote for federal elections. It was proposed by the United States Parliament on August 27, 1962 and ratified by the state on January 23, 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress and was then signed into law by Kennedy`s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
Selma March, also known as Selma to Montgomery March, is a political march from Selma, Alabama to the capital, Montgomery, which took place March 21-25, 1965. The march, led by Martin Luther King Jr., was the culmination of several weeks of turbulence, with protesters attempting to march twice but being severely stopped once by local police. Up to 25,000 people participated in the long march of about 80km. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson, prevented African Americans from exercising voting rights, as stipulated in the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Was aimed at overcoming the legal obstacles of. Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most extensive civil rights laws in American history. -
Loving v. Virginia
Love v Virginia was a Supreme Court proceeding that overturned state law prohibiting interracial marriage in the United States. The plaintiffs in the proceedings were Richard and Mildred Rubbing, a white man and a black woman whose marriage was deemed illegal under Virginia law.