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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in schools under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
People begin boycotting segregated buses this was impart sparked by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man which she was then arrested for. -
Emmett Till murder
Emmett Till was a fourteen year old boy from Chicago who was brutally murdered after whistling at a white woman in Mississippi his body was found in Tallahatchie River. -
Little Rock Nine
First group of colored students to attend an all white school after the banning of segregation. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
Protest of Segregated restaurants protesters would take turns sitting at the Whites only counter. This was the first sit-in. -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. -
Civil Rights Act
Granted the same rights to people of color and outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
March on Washington
March for Jobs, Freedom, and political expression. Attended by many civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination. This is where Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream speech". It was also held to show support for major civil rights legislation. -
Birmingham Baptist Church bombing
The Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. -
Bloody Sunday/Selma to Montgomery
Civil rights March where peaceful protesters were attacked by State troopers and police men. -
Voting Rights Act
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that made it harder or near impossible for people of color to vote. -
Loving V Virginia
Supreme Court Case that outlawed discriminatory laws around interracial marriage.