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He was an African American civil rights activist
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It was the first time someone black went to a white school
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It was a court case trying to create separate public schools
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He was walking to his relatives house, and flirted with a white cashier. He was kidnapped and murdered two days later.
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People refused to ride the bus because of what happened to Rosa Parks
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African Americans boycotted the buses until they stopped making them sit in the back
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It was a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro
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They were a civil rights activist group who rode interstate buses into the segregated south
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It was Martin Luther King Jr. writing letters in prison
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The bombing was an act of white supremacist
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Prohibiting any poll taxing
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James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were all murdered in Philadelphia, Miss.
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It ended unequal application of voter registration
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He was killed during a peaceful protest
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The president aimed to make legal barriers so that African Americans could not vote
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British soldiers shot 26 unarmed citizens during a protest against interment
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