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Decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying
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A Civil Rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery Alabama.
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Leaders of the black community in Montgomery, Alabama, who organized a boycott of the city's buses to protest the racial policy
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An American Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to encourage nonviolent passive resistance; organized black Christian Churches.
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The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School
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Were four black & young men from A&T of North Carolina who “sat-in” and order coffee at a restaurant that served whites only.
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An interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation. They got their bus set on fire.
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Alarge political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African-Americans that took place in Washington, D.C
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"I Have a Dream" is a public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., where he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination
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The United States outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, and ended racial segregation in the United States.
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Malcolm Little was a vigorous campaigner for black rights, initially advocating the use of violence
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African American marched for civil rights in Selma, AL
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Six hundred civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas.
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Was a political slogan used in the movement among Black Africans throughout the world, though primarily by African Americans in the United States.
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He was a preacher who preached Black power, separation of the races and violence to end racist practices in the United States, after beginning his crusade with non- violent protests and voter registration drives.
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Discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. were outlawed
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An African-American revolutionary left-wing organization working for the self-defense for black people during the Civil Rights Movement.
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A prominent American leader of the African-American civil rights movement who believed in nonviolence and was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
