Civil Rights

By Mariiii_raa
  • Brown v. Board of education

    Brown v. Board of education

    Supreme Court said segregation in schools was “Unconstitutional”
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    African-Americans in Alabama don’t want to ride buses to protest, all because of Rosa Park’s arrest
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    9 black students went to Central High School in Arkansas, under protection
  • First Lunch Counter Sit in

    First Lunch Counter Sit in

    4 black college students sat down for lunch at a cafeteria in Greensboro, which was segregated. Making more people sit the same way in other places
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides

    Groups set up buses to challenge the Supreme Court’s ban on segregation on bus tips
  • Birmingham Campaign

    Birmingham Campaign

    This was a movement that was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and was done to protest segregation
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    Thousands of people were in Washington D.C. because Dr. King made his speech to promote human rights
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This was a law prohibiting discrimination (Race, color, religion, sex or origin)
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This law prohibits discrimination as well, but it prevented African Americans from voting in the South