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ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman
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united States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutiona
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Martin Luther King Jr. organized the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955,
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series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina,
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the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans.
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex
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, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama,
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aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment
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first african amercian supreme court justice
