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Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown v. Board)
a land mark the U.S. supreme court case in which the court declared state laws established separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
was a political and social protests campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, and was a seminal event in the Civil Rights movement. -
little rock nine
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High school in 1957 -
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into that segregated southern U.S. in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non- enforcement U.S. -
Sit-ins
a new tactic was added to the peaceful activists. Four African American college students walked up to a whites-only lunch counter at the local store in North Carolina. -
Birmingham Demonstrations
movement organized by Southern Christian leadership conference to bring attention to the interrogation efforts of African American in Birmingham, Alabama -
March on Washington
help in Washington D.C. and was for jobs and freedom. as planning went on the goals of the march embraced the civil rights movement.