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NAACP Legal Battles
the NAACP was created to as a pivotal role challenging racial segregation and discrimination through legal battles. -
Desegregation of Armed Forces
After Harry S. Truman went to end racial segregation for African American soldier it allowed for African Americans to serve various branch’s and eventually allowed them to serve any and all branches int they military. -
Brown V.S. Board of Education
Brown V.S. Board of Eduction was a U.S. Supreme court case that ended racial segregation in public schools ruling that colored and white schools being separate is unequal. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott stated after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white person and got arrested for it. The Bus Boycott lasted a year until the court ruled that it was unconstitutional -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were nine African Americans who became the first to integrate to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. After following Brown V.S. Board. -
The Greenboro Sit-Ins
The Greenboro Sit-Ins were a group of African Americans that sat at a segregated lunch counter which sparked civil rights movements in 1960 -
The Freedom Rides
The Freedom Rides were a series of civil rights protests in 1961 where interracial groups rode the busses to the segregated south to challenge racial discrimination for interstate trailering. While doing so they were attacked beaten and arrested -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark law aimed at eliminating racial discrimination in voting, particularly in the southern United States. It banned literacy tests and other practices that were used to disenfranchise African American voters and provided federal oversight in areas with a history of discrimination. -
MLK Assassination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. -
BLM Movement
The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in May 2020 sparked worldwide protests against police brutality, racial injustice, and systemic inequality, with the Black Lives Matter movement playing a central role.