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This was a landmark decision of the U.S supreme court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
This was the case of a young 14 year old boy who was murdered for talking to a white lady. The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi. This helped change the civil rights movement. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. 4 days before this protest a lady named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, she played a huge role during this time. -
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. -
Greensboro sit- ins were a series of nonviolent protests, against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. This was where african americans would go and sit in restaurants, and would not leave until they weren't denied service. Its success led to a wider sit-in movement that spread throughout the South. -
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States to protest segregated bus terminals. -
The "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. This was also the march where MLK delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church. This bombing killed 4 young girls. -
The 24th amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or national origin.The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools. -
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. About 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80. State troopers and county posse men attacked the unarmed marchers with billy clubs and tear gas after they passed over the county line, and the event became known as Bloody Sunday. -
The Voting rights act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation's benchmark civil rights legislation, and it continues to resonate in America. -
This was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.