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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a social and even political protest against the practice of racial segregation through Montgomery, Alabama's public transportation system. It was a crucial moment for the American civil rights struggle. protest. -
Emmett Till’s Murder
Young African Americans were inspired to join the Civil Rights Movement by the press coverage and murder trial because they were afraid that something similar would happen to their friends, family, or even themselves. The Civil Rights History Project's interviewees recall this case's profound impact on their lives. violence by opposition. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine Black students that registered in the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, which had previously only accepted white students, in September 1957. On the first day of classes at Central High, Governor Orval Faubus requested assistance from the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the entrance of Black students. protest. -
Civil rights act of 1957
Since the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the United States Congress has not passed any federal civil rights legislation until the Civil Rights Act of 1957. On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the legislation into law after it had been approved by the 85th United States Congress. Legislation. -
Freedom Rides
Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961 staged a series of political demonstrations against segregation known as the "Freedom Rides" in American history. The United States Supreme Court outlawed segregation on interstate buses in 1946. -
Greensboro Sit-In
Young African American students in Greensboro, North Carolina, staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960. They refused to leave after being refused service. This action was the beginning of the Greensboro sit-in, a civil rights protest. -
Albany Campaign
Fall 1961 marked the start of the Albany Movement, which lasted until summer 1962. More than 1,000 African Americans were imprisoned in Albany and the neighboring rural counties as a result of this major movement, which was the first in the modern era of civil rights to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community. protest. -
Birmingham Movement
The Birmingham Campaign, one of the Civil Rights Movement's most significant efforts, was started by activists in Birmingham, Alabama. It would mark the start of a string of lunch counter sit-ins, marches on City Hall, and boycotts of downtown businesses in opposition to the city's segregation rules. protest. -
Assassination of Medgar Evars
Medgar Evars was a Mississippi-based NAACP field secretary and American civil rights worker. He was killed Byron De La Beckwith. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
This was also known as March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington. The march was organized to promote African Americans' civic and economic rights. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was also known as the Freedom Summer Project or the Mississippi Summer Project. This was a volunteer effort to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi and was initiated in the United States in June 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed this act into law. It outlawed discrimination in public settings, allowed for the integration of public institutions like schools, and forbade it in the workplace. Legislation. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
During a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan on February 21, 1965, civil rights and religious leader Malcolm X was shot and killed. A life sentence with no possibility of parole was handed down to three members of the Three Nation. Violence by opposition -
March from Selma to Montgomery
On March 7, 1965, a large crowd assembled in Selma, Alabama, to march to Montgomery, the state's capital. They protested to guarantee that African Americans may use their right to vote under the constitution. protest -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson ratified this act. It prohibited discriminatory voting procedures that were implemented in several southern states following the Civil War, such as the requirement of passing literacy tests in order to cast a ballot. legislation -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
At the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King was assassinated when he was standing on a balcony outside of his second-floor room. Major racial violence breakouts were sparked by news of King's murder, resulting in more than 40 fatalities nationally. violence by opposition. -
Fair Housing Act
This was an act passed in North Carolina. This prohibits discrimination around housing based on national origin, race, gender, religion, sex, or physical or mental impairments. legislation