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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in public schools. But segregation continued in many parts of the south. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat on a bus to a white man. On December 5th, a group of African-American ministers met to plan a one-day bus boycott. On that day 90 percent of African-Americans who usually rode the bus honored the boycott. Martin Luther king Jr became the leader. -
Little Rock Nine
A federal judge ordered public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, to begin desegregation. In September 1957, nine black students were scheduled to attend Central High school , a school where two thousand white students attended. The governor and a mob of angry citizens tried to stop them, but the federal government backed them up. Eventually all public schools integrated their public schools. -
First counter sit-in
Four African American students sat down at a lunch counter. They ordered food , but the waitress refused to serve them , saying that only white customers could eat at that restaurant. The four students stayed at the counter until the store closed. One of the students later explained that they did not like being denied “dignity and respect”. During the 1960s, sit-ins like this one captured nationwide attention for the civil rights movement . -
Freedom rides
Black and white civil rights activists rode buses together into the segregated Southern states. Their goal was to test and challenge laws that still enforced racial segregation in public transport, even though the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled such segregation illegal. -
March on Washington
A lot of people marched in Washington, D.C. to ask for civil rights and jobs. Dr. King gave his "| Have a Dream" speech. This event helped convince leaders to pass new civil rights laws. -
Birmingham Campaign
The Birmingham Campaign was a protest in 1963 where Black Americans, including kids and teens, marched in Birmingham, Alabama to fight against unfair treatment and segregation.They wanted equal rights.The police assaulted them using dogs and water hoses to stop them. But the protest got a lot of attention on TV, and it helped lead to big changes, like the Civil Rights Act, which made segregation illegal. -
Civil Right Acts of 1964
It is an important law made it illegal to separate people because of their race in schools, jobs, and public places. It gave the government power to end segregation. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
After violence against Black marchers in Selma, Alabama, the government passed a law to protect the right to vote. It ended rules like literacy tests that were used to keep Black people from voting.