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  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Sweatt v. Painter
    1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the separate but equal doctrine of racial segregation

  • Brown v

    This long campaign culminated when the U.S. Supreme Court heard Brown v. Board of Education, which gathered together five separate cases related to school

  • Keys v. Carolina Coach

    Keys v. Carolina Coach
    landmark civil rights case in the United States

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation

  • Emmett Till’s Murder

    Emmett Till’s Murder
    wo Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy> These men were found not guilty

  • Little Rock Nine

    In September 1957 nine African American students attended their first day at Little Rock Central High School, whose entire student population had until

  • Greensboro Sit-In

    nonviolent civil rights protest that took place in Greensboro, North Carolina

  • Integration of the University of Mississippi

    The University of Mississippi's integration began on October 1, 1962, when James Meredith became the first African-American student to go to the school

  • Freedom Rides

    The Freedom Rides began on May 4, 1961, with a group of seven African Americans and six white people who boarded two buses bound for New Orlean

  • March on Washington for Jobs

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin

  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan

  • Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

    the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States.

  • Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign

    exploring her candidacy in July 1971 and formally announced her presidential bid on January 25, 1972, in a Baptist church in her district in Brooklyn

  • Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention

    On July 12, 1976, Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. As Americans sensed a fracturing of American life in the 1970s