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Justices handed down a plan on how to desegregate schools.
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African Americans in Montgomery Alabama refused to ride city buses. African Americans represented 75% of the ridership on the city buses in Montgomery.
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James Meredith was the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. He was ambushed while attempting to complete a peaceful march from Memphis Tennessee to Jackson Mississippi.
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Arkansas National guard stoop outside Central High school. Central High school was an all white school were troops did not allow African Americans to enter the all white school.
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This movement was commonly know as the Chicano movement or El Movimiento. This movement was to attempt to extend Mexican civil rights.
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13 African American and civil rights activist went on freedom rides. This was a bus trip in the south to protest bus segregation.
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A large amount of riots throughout Alabama protesting segration laws . These riots caused many children and adults to be attacked by police dogs and sprayed by fire hoses.
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Over 200,000 Americans gathered for a political rally know as the March on Washington. The event was to speak about the political and social challenges African Americans were facing.
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Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. This act was purposed by president John F. Kennedy.
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This event was a 18 day march that became violent. The march was to focus effort on registering African Americans to receive full voting rights.
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The act was signed into law on this date by president Lyndon Johnson. The right banned the discriminatory voting practices.
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Marquette Frye was pulled over and arrested for suspicion of DUI. This act started a six day rage which caused over 40,000,000 dollars worth of property damage.
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The Woodstock festival was a music and arts festival that attracted 400,000 people from the popular counterculture known as the hippies.
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There was a struggle and fight for the ratification of the ERA. Women gathered in cities around the world for the 15th anniversary of the 19th amendment and went on strike.
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The case was scheduled to be re-argued. This was a landmark decision about the issue of abortion.
