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The montgomery bus boycott was a protest, or boycott against the racial segregation policy in the public transport system in Montgomery
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The Little Rock 9 referres to the nine black students enrolled into an all white high school in September 1957.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 provided voting rights to everyone, regardless of race.
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Four college students sat down at a lunch counter in north carolina and refued to leave as a way of showing defiance.
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The Freedom riders were civil rights activists who rode busses into the segregated Southern united states.
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James Meredith attempted to enroll in Ole Miss. Riots broke out leaving two dead before the National Guard intervened to dissolve the problem.
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These protests were led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and eventyally led to a change in the discrimination laws in Birmingham.
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200,000 Americans marched on washington for Jobs and Freedom. This event's main focus was to show how difficult it was to be an african american in that time period.
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The civil rights act of 1964 was very important to the civil rights movement. It outlawed discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, and national origin,
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The selma march was important in passing the voting rights act, because it showed the challenges and deprival of rights faced by african americans. The march lasted 3 days, and the final destination was Montgomery, the capital of Alabama.
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The voting rights act of 1965 allowed African Americans to vote. Something they've been yearning for for many years.
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Martin luther king jr. was shot and wounded on his hotel balcony at around 6:30. He was pronounced dead at 7:05
