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Sweatt v. Painter
it was a lawsuit challenging the sepret but equal act giving African Americans more rights -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
the Montgomery bus boycott was a protest against African American people having to sit at the back of the bus where that refused to ride any public transportation -
Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization founded in GA -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
When Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School to keep the nine students from entering the school, President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to insure the safety of the "Little Rock Nine" and that the rulings of the Supreme Court were upheld. -
Cooper v. Aaron
Cooper v. Aaron was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that denied the school board of Little Rock, Arkansas the right to delay racial desegregation -
greensboro sit-in
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store -
Integration of the University of Mississippi
Meredith became the first African American student to be enrolled at the University of Mississippi and attended his first class -
Assassination of Medgar Evars
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, who was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith -
March on Washington for Jobs
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington D.C -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Fair Housing Act
made it illegal to discriminate in the buying, selling or renting of housing because of a person's race, color, religion or national origin. -
Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign
Chisholm began exploring her candidacy in July 1971 and formally announced her presidential bid on January 25, 1972, in a Baptist church in her district in Brooklyn. There, she called for a "bloodless revolution" -
Hank Aaron home run record
Hank Aaron had 755 home runs, 3,771 hits, 2,297 runs batted in, 1,402 walks, and a . 305 batting average out of 12,364 times at bat in 3,298 games. Babe Ruth's home run record is even more remarkable when we consider that Hank Aaron had over 2,500 more times at bat when he broke it. -
University of California Regents vs. Bakk
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke is a 1978 Supreme Court case which held that a university's admissions criteria which used race as a definite and exclusive basis for an admission decision violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.