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In 1955, Claudette Colvin boarded the city bus. Her trip had no trouble, until she was asked to move behind the bus and make room for a white passenger. U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the discrimination of public buses is unconstitutional ended 13 months boycott Montgomery buses as a massive rally.
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In 1957, a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. In that time, a lot of angry white mob surrounded the school with them, but the President Eisenhower help this group.
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In 1960, four Africa American college students sat down at a launch counter in the Woolworth’s drugstore and politely asked for service. But their request was refused and said that only white customers could eat in there, then they still stayed at the counter until store closed.
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In 1961, a series of political protests against discrimination by blacks and whites taking buses together through South America.
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In the spring of 1963, activists in Birmingham, Alabama launched one of the most influential campaigns of the Civil Right Movement. At the beginning, they matched on City Hall and boycotts on downtown merchants to protest segregation laws in the city. In peaceful protests being knocked down by blast of water or attacked by snarling dogs.
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In 1963, about a quarter of a million people took to the streets to protest for a message against all unequal treatment in the South.
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In 1964, the landmark banned discrimination on the basic of race, sex, religion, or national origin.
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In 1965, the US federal government signed a constitution to overcome the law banning African Americans from voting.
