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In this case the court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional which overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger defying segregation and this led to the Bus Boycott which lasted 13 months and the Black protested and refused to ride the city buses. -
14 year old Emmett Till was accused of offending a white women and two white men abducted and brutally murdered him in Mississippi while he was taken from Chicago. The case went before an all white jury and this sparked an outrage in the civil rights movement. -
9 African American students successfully integrated Central High School despite facing fierce resistance from whites and state officials. -
Four African American students from NC AT State University sat at a whites only lunch counter refusing to leave even though they were denied service. -
This challenged segregation in interstate travel facilities there was a total of 27 they faced violence and arrests as they attempted to use segregated bus terminals and facilities. -
MLK Jr. was arrested for leading peaceful protests against segregation. While he was in jail he wrote a letter in response to a statement by eight white Alabama clergymen who criticized his methods. -
A quarter of a million people railed in Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington to demand an end to segregation, voting rights, education, fair wages and economic justice and civil rights protection. -
A white man was seen leaving a package under the stairwell of the church and later a bomb detonated just moments after another threat was phoned into the church. 4 people were killed during this. -
This amendment abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. -
This law was signed by President Johnson which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
600 marchers were brutally assaulted by state troopers and local law enforcement, using tear gas, clubs, and whips, resulting in numerous injuries. -
The Voting Rights Act prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws prohibiting interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses.