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Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man which lead to colored people boycotting the bus completely
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9 black students integrated a formerly known white high school and were harassed until the national guard of Arkansas were forced to protect the Little Rock 9. [
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Four African American students sat at the counter in Woolworth's drugstore, a white lunch counter, to protest.
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The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transport was illegal, so the civil rights activists group CORE decided to travel to southern states to make sure they were abiding to the law
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Alabama was considered the most segregated state in the US and the SCLC planned a series of non violent protests/actions against it
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More than 250,000 people marched in Washington for civil rights for African Americans
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This bill banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin
