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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional even if segregated schools are equal. -
14 year old, African American, Emmett Till visited Money, Mississippi to go see family. While there he was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white women 4 days before -
Protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Amabama. -
A group of nine African American students enrolled into Little Rock Central High School that was followed by the Little Rock Crisis where the students were prevented from entering the school. -
A series of non-violent protests took place in the Woolworth store that is now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, from February to July of 1960. The protest was against a segregated lunch counter, in Greensboro, NC. -
Civil Rights activist who rode interstate busses into the segregated southern U.S. The Freedom Riders were bus passengers assulted. These bus riding went on for about 7 months to declare segregated facilities for interstate passengers illegal. -
A march to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans that took place in Washington D.C. -
A white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama -
The nation's premier civil rights legislation. This outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, religion, and sex. Which enforced desegregation in schools and the right to vote. -
Outlaw if discriminatory voting practices adopted in many of the southern states after the civil war, also including literacy test as a prerequisite to voting. -
Landmarking civil rights decision of the U.S. supreme court which the court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th amendment -
Also known as the Bogside Massacre. It took place in Northern Ireland when some British Soldiers shot 26 civilians during a protest march against internment without trial.