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The United States Supreme Court declared state laws established separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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An African American woman refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus.
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Nine black teenagers voluntarily moved to an all-white public high school.
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Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States.
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An organized protest that turned violent. Public safety commissioner Bull Connor arranged an attack on the freedom riders.
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A march for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I have a dream speech.
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A landmark piece of federal legislation in the U.S. that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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Revolutionary Black Nationalist and Socialist Organization.
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Civil Rights leader fatally shot at Lorraine Motel in Tennessee.
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A landmark part of legislation in the U.S. that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin.
