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Brown vs. Board of Education
The United States Supreme Court declared state laws established separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
An African American woman refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. -
Little Rock High School Desegregation
Nine black teenagers voluntarily moved to an all-white public high school. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States. -
Violence in Birmingham
An organized protest that turned violent. Public safety commissioner Bull Connor arranged an attack on the freedom riders. -
March of Washington
A march for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I have a dream speech. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A landmark piece of federal legislation in the U.S. that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Formation of the Black Panthers
Revolutionary Black Nationalist and Socialist Organization. -
Assassination of MLK Jr.
Civil Rights leader fatally shot at Lorraine Motel in Tennessee. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
A landmark part of legislation in the U.S. that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin.
