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Brown v. Board of Education
A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and they want U.S. state laws to establishing racial segregation in public schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Protests against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system. -
Little Rock Nine
The first 9 black students to go a all whites school in Arkansas to test integration. -
First lunch counter sit-in
4 black student sat down at an all whites lunch counter but were refused service ay the counter. -
Freedom Rides
Protest to not ride on a bus because blacks and whites segregation. -
Birmingham campaign
A movement for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
June 2nd, 1964 the civil rights was signed off -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The voting rights act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. -
March on Washington
A march at Washington for jobs and freedom.