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Emmett Till
a 14-year old African American boy, was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation. The reason for his murder was Emmett allegedly grabbed a white woman. -
Bus boycott
A civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. -
Greensboro sit ins
a civil rights protest that started when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro and refused to leave after being denied service -
Freedom Riders
groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals -
United Farm Workers
to empower migrant farmworkers and to improve their wages and working conditions. -
Medgar Evers
a devoted husband and father, a distinguished World War II veteran, and a pioneering civil rights leader. -
March on Washington
political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. -
Malcolm X assassinated
a man rushed forward and shot him once in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun and two other men charged the stage firing semi-automatic handguns. -
Selma march
to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act
a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that doesn't allow racial discrimination in voting. -
Watts race riot
The riots resulted in the deaths of 34 people, while more than 1,000 were injured and more than $40 million worth of property was destroyed. -
La Raza Unida
a former Hispanic political party centered on Chicano -
Title IX
Title IX regulations recognize that sexual harassment, including sexual assault, is unlawful sex discrimination. -
Roe v. Wade
the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. -
Rodney King
an African American man who was a victim of police brutality.