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Brown vs Board of Education
The story of Brown vs Board of Education ended segregation in public schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christrian Leadership Conference began with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. As bus boycotts spread across the South, leaders of the MIA and other protest groups met in Atlanta on January 10 – 11, 1957, to form a regional organization and coordinate protest activities across the South. -
Greensboro sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960,[2] which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. The purpose was to demand civil and economic rights for African Americans. This is where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered he's "I Have A Dream" speech, in front of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Selma Voting Rights Movement
There were three marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 as part of the Voting Rights Movement that was underway in Selma, Alabama. By highlighting racial injustice in the South, they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, The first march took place on March 7, 1965, organized locally by Bevel, Amelia Boynton, and others. State troopers and county possemen attacked the unarmed marchers with billy clubs and tear gas after they passed over the county line, and the event becam -
Black Panthers
In October of 1966, in Oakland California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. The party was one of the first organizations in U.S. history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation. -
Fair Housng Act
The Civil Rights Act signed into law in April 1968– also known as the Fair Housing Act–prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex -
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition is the product of a social justice movement that grew out of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) Operation Breadbasket. Established in 1971 by Rev. Jackson. The organization was dedicated to improving the economic conditions of black communities across the United States. -
National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights
On October 14, 1979 thousands of people marched on Washington, D.C. to demand "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of Lesbians and Gay people. -
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence toward black people. BLM regularly organizes protests around the deaths of black people in killings by law enforcement officers, and broader issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
