Civil Rights Movement

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

Black people decided not to go on the buses because they wanted the buses to change laws from where the blacks have to sit.

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1957

Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

The March on Washington was a culvinating event on the civil rights movement. 250,000 people listened to speeches in Washington D.C about Civil Rights. Civil Rights Ad passes in 1964.