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Brown v Board of Education
In the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Emmitt Till murder
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American youth, who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycotts
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest where African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to ride city buses to protest segregated seating. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine were nine African American teenagers who courageously enrolled at all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, to challenge segregation in public schools. -
Lunch Counter sit-ins
Lunch counter sit-ins were a form of nonviolent protest used during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States to challenge racial segregation and discrimination. These sit-ins, starting with the iconic Greensboro sit-in in 1960, involved African American students and activists peacefully sitting at lunch counters reserved for whites and refusing to leave when denied service. -
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Freedom Bus Rides
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. -
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Birmingham protests
In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama was the site of a major Civil Rights protest, known as the Birmingham Campaign or Birmingham Demonstrations, as part of Project C. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC, the campaign used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation and discrimination. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
March on Washington
March on Washington, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, that was attended by an estimated 250,000 people to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. -
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Freedom (Mississippi) Summer
Freedom Summer, also known as Mississippi Freedom Summer, was a campaign launched by American civil rights activists in June 1964 to register as many African-American voters as possible in the state of Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. -
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Selma Marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of three protest marches in 1965 that aimed to secure voting rights for African Americans in Alabama.