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freedom riders
Freedom rights were groups of white African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Riders, bus trips through the American south to protest segregated bus terminals. The groups were confronted by arresting police officers as well as horrific violence from white protesters along their notes. -
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March on Washington
The march on Washington was a massive protest that occurred when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also known as the March on Washington for jobs and freedom, the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation -
Brown v. Board of Education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine
The little rock nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in little rock central high school in 1957. There enrollment was followed by the little rock crisis, which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. -
Birmingham Demonstrations
, was a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama.