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Brown V Board of Education
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 are unconstitutional -
The Murder of Emmett Till
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School(formally all white) in 1957 -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States -
Equal Pay Act
A United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. -
March on Washington
A march held by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
A white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
March of Selma
People marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote