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Plessy vs Ferguson was a supreme court case that started the idea of separate but equal and enforced Jim Crow Laws. This case made segregation legal under the conditions that alternative options were provided.
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After Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man, African American activists in Montgomery Alabama decided to boycott the bus system. The boycott lasted over a year and was concluded when the government made laws to prevent segregation on public transport.
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A march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC where over 200,000 people attended to support equal rights. This was where MLK gave his famous "I have a dream" speech.
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A law which prohibited discrimination of people by race, color, religion, or sex. This also allowed the government to enforce desegregation and protect African American voting rights.
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A law which prevented any discrimination in voting created by the US government to end voting segregation. This included any form of literacy test, and increased African American presence politically.