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landmark Supreme Court case that banned racial segregation in public schools -
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old Black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955, a tragedy that became a major catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Rosa Parks bus arrest launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott, ending segregation and fueling the Civil Rights Movement. -
The Little Rock Nine integrated Central High School, compelling federal intervention to enforce desegregation. -
Written from a jail cell, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter defends nonviolent resistance, arguing for the moral obligation to break unjust laws. -
Four Black students' nonviolent sit-in at a Greensboro Woolworth's forced its desegregation and sparked a national movement. -
The Freedom Rides were 1961 protests by interracial activists who rode buses into the South to challenge illegal segregation in interstate travel. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark law that outlawed discrimination and ended segregation in public places and employment. -
The 1963 March on Washington was a massive civil rights rally where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to demand racial and economic justice. -
A KKK bombing at Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young Black girls, a tragedy that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. -
The Selma marches were 1965 protests against racial injustice that secured the passage of the Voting Rights Act. -
The 24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes in federal elections, making it illegal to charge citizens for the right to vote. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices to ensure equal access to the ballot for all citizens. -
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state laws banning interracial marriage were unconstitutional. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray.
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