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A young girl in Kansas was denied admission to an all white elementary school. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
A 14-year-old African American boy was lynched and brutally murdered in Drew, Mississippi. The case helped fuel the early Civil Rights Movement. -
A woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. She was later arrested. This sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott. These events led to the desegregation of public buses. -
Nine African American students who intergrated Central High School in Little Rock. This challenged racial segregation in public schools. Enforcing the Brown v. Board of Education case ruling. -
Four African American college students sat at the segregated counter of the F.W. Woolworth store. It demonstrated the power of peaceful protests. This event later on led to the desegregation of Woolworth's lunch counter and other businesses in the South. -
This event involved Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated South. -
This was a letter of passionate defense of nonviolent disobedience. This was to justify the peaceful protests. -
Over 250,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. This brought national attention to the struggle for racial and economic justice. -
The Baptist Church was bombed by Ku Klux Klan members. It killed 4 young girls and injuring 22 people. -
This amendment forbade/abolished the poll tax and literacy tests. This allowed African Americans to vote. -
This outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended segregation in public places and discrimination. -
The act outlawed discriminatory practices like literacy tests and poll taxes and provided federal oversight for voter registration in areas with a history of discrimination. -
State troopers and local police brutally attacked the non-violent protesters with clubs and tear gas, injuring many, which was broadcast nationwide and drew national attention to the Civil Rights Movement -
The case involved Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who were arrested and convicted in Virginia for violating the state's anti-miscegenation laws after marrying in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that these laws violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. It was later declared that state laws banning interracial marriage were unconstitutional.