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Brown v. Board of Education
This was an event in which 5 court cases were consolidated into 1. It took place in the supreme court of the United States, and it was the first win for all black natives as the victory of this case removed racial segregation acts in most schools in the U.S. -
Murder of Emmett Till
An American, black, 14-year-old kid was beaten to death by multiple people because he was flirting with a white girl. Emmett Till's murderers (Roy, Carolyn Bryant, and J. W. Milam) were acquitted, and due to this, international attention and awareness were brought to the Civil Rights Movement as Jet magazine published a picture of his beaten body. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery
While sitting on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, this black woman, Rosa Parks, refused to give her seat to a white man that was asking for it, as a result, Rosa Parks was arrested and fined. This decision taken from the country provoked all black people living in Alabama to stop using the bus transport as a way of protesting for segregated seating, this act was called the "Montgomery Bus Boycott", it happened from 1955-to-1956 and it worked. -
Little Rock Nine
"Little Rock Nine" was a term used to describe the group of 9 black students who once enrolled at an all-white school (Little Rock Central High School, Arkansas) with federal troops escorting their school days, they were sent by the president because of the initial rejection that was done by the governor of Arkansas. On September 4, 1957, the first day of these black students in Little Rock Central, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus called the Arkansas national guard to block the students' entry. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
This event occurred at the Greensboro college in North Carolina when 4 black African American students refused to leave a "whites only" lunch counter without being served. This act quickly impacted the United States, as many other black people started to do the same, forcing Woolworth (the name of the lunch counter) and many other establishments to change their segregationist policies. -
Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School
A black, six-year-old girl was escorted by four armed federal marshals as she integrated the William Franz Elementary School (she was the first black American to ever join the school). The need for backup was due to the big protest made by thousands the white natives around the school campus. -
Freedom Rides throughout the American South
During this whole year, white and African Americans took bus trips throughout South America to protest segregated bus terminals and interstate buses, these bus trips and the people who participated in them were called "Freedom Riders". The 1916 Freedom Rides were organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). -
March on Washington, D.C. and MLK ‘I have a dream’ speech
On August 28, 1963, approximately 250,000 people joined a march that took place in Washington DC, it protested for jobs and freedom for black people. On this day, at the Lincon Memorial, Martin Luther King gave one of the most impactful and historic speeches ever, known as the "I have a dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act in 1964, it prevented discrimination, segregation, and inequality against black people in the United States. This act was firstly proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of the Congres until it was then approved and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson (Kennedy's successor). -
Bloody Sunday
Around 600 black people crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in an attempt to begin a "Selma-to-Montgomery" march in Montgomery However, on their arrival, they were stopped by state troops who violently attacked the peaceful protest. The march was intended to draw attention to the violations of civil and voting rights, and it did as many people around the U.S. watched peaceful protesters get beaten until they were seriously injured.