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Slavery was finally considered an illegal act.
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Everyone born or naturalized in the United states is an official citizen.
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Every citizen in America has the right to vote.
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It was a supreme case that caused racial segregation laws to be upheld.
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President Truman abolished racial discrimination with the military.
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Oliver Brown went to case because public had racial segregation.
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Rosa parks decided to sit in the front of the bus and stay because colored people were supposed to stay in the back of the bus. The Bus boycott also wanted colored people to see in front of the bus but they didn't ride the bus at all if they didn't get the chance.
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The guard was ordered to not allow African Americans to enroll in the Central High school.
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African Americans sat in stores in the white area to show that their rights also matter.
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Blacks and Whites against racial segregation rode in buses into the South.
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James Meredith tried to enroll into a all white university in the south
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A letter was written Martin Luther King Jr in jail about defending nonviolence against racial segregation.
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This was the civil rights movement that occurred in 1964 and ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
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Freedom summer of a voting registration project where they tried to expand black voting
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In this event many blacks along with whites walked through Selma to show and fight for blacks to be able to vote.
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This event talks about how the president signed into law to overcome legal barriers and local levels against African Americans not being able to vote.
