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1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the separate but equal doctrine of racial segregation -
This long campaign culminated when the U.S. Supreme Court heard Brown v. Board of Education, which gathered together five separate cases related to school
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landmark civil rights case in the United States -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation
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wo Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy> These men were found not guilty -
In September 1957 nine African American students attended their first day at Little Rock Central High School, whose entire student population had until
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nonviolent civil rights protest that took place in Greensboro, North Carolina
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The University of Mississippi's integration began on October 1, 1962, when James Meredith became the first African-American student to go to the school
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The Freedom Rides began on May 4, 1961, with a group of seven African Americans and six white people who boarded two buses bound for New Orlean
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington
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prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
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Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan
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the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States.
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exploring her candidacy in July 1971 and formally announced her presidential bid on January 25, 1972, in a Baptist church in her district in Brooklyn
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On July 12, 1976, Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. As Americans sensed a fracturing of American life in the 1970s