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The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. This outlawed racial segregation in public schools
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Rosa Parks was arrested on this day for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus.
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On this day nine African American students attempted to go into Little Rock High School, which was an all white school. -
On this day there were 4 African American students that began a nonviolent sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. This was a historic gathering of civil rights supporters and was when MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream". -
Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on this day. -
On this day three protest marches were held along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol of Montgomery. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law on this day. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law, this included the Fair Housing Act.
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