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It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
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The supreme court make it official that there would be separate schools for white and black children.
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The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
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Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. She was then thrown into jail for what she did. This spiked up roar in the community.
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This was a boy cott that stood against the policy of racial segregation on the public bus and transit of Montgomery, Alabama
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The Woolworths sit in was the beginning of a moment. It was the sit in against the policy of separate but not equal
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Groups of civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to challenge the non-enforcement.
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These were protests to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham
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One of the most iconic moments for the civil rights movements and known as one of the best speeches of all times. MLK gave this to a group of more than 300,000
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A volunteer campaign in attempt to register as many African-Americans as possible.
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Voting rights act '65 was a massive milestone in the civil rights movement that was a government legislation prohibiting radical discrimination.
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People march to Montgomery for civil rights ideals.
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One of the most iconic leader of the civil rights activists named Martin Luther King was shot and killed.
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A government legislation that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race or religion.