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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. -
Integration of Little Rock Central
The first institutions to integreate would be the high schools, beginning in September 1957. -
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First lunch counter sit-in
By sitting in protest at an all-white lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, four college students sparked national interest in the push for civil rights. -
Freedom Rides
Took place on May 4, 1961, when seven black and six white people left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South. -
Birmingham Campaign
Birmingham movement was a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. -
March on Washington
The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. -
Civil Rights Act
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It's considered one of the crowning legislative achievement of the civil rights movement. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civl War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
