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Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown v. Board)
Supreme Court case which justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional . It was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement and helped establish precedent that “separate-but-equal” education " . -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil-rights protest , which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating . 4 days before it began Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man . -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African Americans students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School . -
Sit -Ins
Four African Americans college students walked to a whites-only lunch counter at a local WoolWorth's store in Greensboro , North Carolina ; asked for coffee when service was refused and the students waited to be served . -
Freedom Riders
Groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides . They were confronted in arresting police officers and violence from white protesters . Drew international attention to their cause . -
Birmingham Demonstrations
The goal of the local campaign was to attack the city’s segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham’s merchants during the Easter season . -
March on Washington
When 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C ; for jobs and freedom .Also the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.
