Civil rights

The Civil Rights Movement

By Lalipop

  • Brown v. the Board of Education

    Brown v. the Board of Education
    This Supreme Court case declared segregation in schools illegal.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    After the arrest of Rosa Parks, Blacks stopped using the bus systems in the South.

  • The Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine
    9 Black high school students enrolled in a white high school and were only allowed in after the President sent soldiers to escort them.

  • The Sit-In Movement

    The Sit-In Movement
    Four Black college kids sat at whites-only lunch counters and started a movement. Their protests and arrests led to desegrated stores around the country.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    250,000 people came to Washington D.C. in protest of discriminated jobs. This is where Martin Luther King Jr. declared his “I Have a Dream” speech.

  • The Birmingham Campaign

    The Birmingham Campaign
    A series of organized, nonviolent protests and demonstrations in the heavily segregated city of Alabama. They involved elementary students up to college students and adults. People of all ages were arrested and even attacked by local government.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    This act outlawed discrimination in jobs, voting, and public places.

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The Voting Rights Act of 1965
    This act stopped voting restrictions in response to the Selma march.