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Montgomery Bus Boycott
In the year 1955, blacks in Montgomery, Alabama, began a lengthy boycott of the city segregated bus system. As a result, Montgomery’s buses were integrated. -
Integration of Little Rock Central
The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, gained national attention on September 3, 1957, when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. -
First lunch counter sit-in
On February 1, 1960, four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. -
Freedom Rides
In 1961, black and white freedom riders rode buses through the south they were testing southern compliance with laws outlawing segregation in interstate transport the riders were subjected to violence and eventually received federal protection. -
Birmingham campaign
The Birmingham Campaign was a movement led in early 1963 by the Southern Christian leadership -
March on Washington
This movement was in a quarter from a million people marched Washington, D.C., in August 1963 to demand jobs and freedom. The highlight of this event is Martin Luther King Jr’s“ I have a dream” speech. -
Civil Right Act
The civil rights act was a movement to prevent and eliminate the practice of discrimination in employment against persons because of their race, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
