Civil Rights Movement

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Supreme Court says it is unfair and illegal to keep African American children in separate schools
  • Rose Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, causing people to stop riding buses for over a year to fight unfair bus rules.
  • Greenboro Sit-Ins

    Four African American college students sit at a whites only lunch table, causing more students to join and sit-ins spread in the south.
  • The Children's March

    Hundred's of kids and teens march for equal rights. During the march Audrey Faye Hendrick is the youngest child arrested.
  • March on Washington

    Dr. Martin Luther King gives his famous "I have a dream" speech.
  • Civil Rights Act

    New laws are passed that say segregation is illegal and everyone should be treated equally in schools, and public places.
  • Voting Rights Act

    Laws passed make it easier for African American's to register and vote.