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Desegragtion of the military.
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This ended segregation in Public Schools.
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Rosa Park seat incident led to the boycott led by Martin Lutherr King Jr.
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Eisenhower sends troops hesitantly to intergrate Public Schools.
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Four A&T students had a sit-in at a segregated cafe as a form of Public Disobedience.
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White and Blacks road a bus together to support ending segregation but the bus was bombed by KKK members.
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March on Washington led to passage of Cilvil Rights Act. Martin Luther King Jr also said his famous "I have a dream" speech.
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LBJ signs Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public areas
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LBJ signs Voting Rights Act ending literacy test.
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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American supreme court appointed by LBJ.
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Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated outside of his motel room by James Earl Ray.