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Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional under the "separate but equal" doctrine
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In 1957, the Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African-American pupils at Little Rock Central High School. The first African American pupils to desegregate Little Rock Central High School were dubbed the "Little Rock Nine" by the media.
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Young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, and refused to leave after being denied service.
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Bus journeys through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals, brought together white and African American civil rights activists.
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The Great March on Washington, also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march's goal was to advocate for African Americans' civil and economic rights.
