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Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. By the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, they finally could attend the school. This helped African Americans join the country.
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Dockum Drug Store sit-in
The Dockum Drug Store sit-in was one of the first organized lunch counter sit-ins for the purpose of integrating segregated establishments in the United States. Ultimately, all of the Dockum locations in Kansas were desegregated. African Americans used this way to challenge the integrating segregated establishments.
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Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia. The Southern states had ignored the rulings and the federal government did nothing to enforce them. This event showed African Americans effort to challenge the racial segregation.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march, Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. The march is credited with helping to pass the acts against racism.
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is a landmark law in the United States signed into law during the King assassination riots by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The act also made it a federal crime to "by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin, handicap or familial status." This act greatly improve the position of African Americans.
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. His death made African American sad but further invoke their will to end the racism.
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