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Started by Rosa Parks, it was a peaceful protest to change the laws to protect equal rights of all races. The protest went against the racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Rosa and Raymond Parks both lost their jobs right after the protest. They both couldn't gain jobs in Alabama, due to people going against Rosa's actions. They finally moved with family to Detroit. -
A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. They challenged racial segregation in the public school. -
The Warren Court, liberal court who supported civil rights, civil liberties, voting rights and personal privacy. -
Goal was to end discriminatory economic policies in the Alabama city against African American residents. Protesters marched and sit-ins but the police involved with dogs and high-pressure water hoses. -
MLK jr, got arrested in the Birmingham Campaign. -
Largest political rally for human rights in the U.S.. Protested for jobs and freedom for African Americans. Here is where Martin Luther King Jr. presented his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech in front of more than 200,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial steps. -
Board of Education Supreme Court outlawed segregation in schools in 1954, but wasn't in affect until many years later. Colored schools received less funding than the white schools. -
African Americans needed the federal government to protect their rights. His bill used federal money to aid school desegregation. -
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"It is wrong - deadly wrong - to deny any of our fellow Americans the right to vote in this country" President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Formed to protest segregated housing, educational deficiencies, and employment and health disparities based on racism. -
Martin Luther King Jr. led the march in a predominately white neighborhoods. There, they were hit with bricks, bottles and firecrackers. -
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Goal was to gain more economic and human rights for poor Americans from all backgrounds. It was a multicultural movement, including Asians, Mexicans Puerto Ricans and Native Americans. Unfortunately, King was assassinated on April 4. -
Lyndon B. Johnson become president after the assassination of JFK. He continued and supported JFK's bill of the Civil Rights Act. -
(Part of the Little Rock Nine) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workforce Diversity at the Department of the Interior -
Barack Obama is the first colored man to become the president of the United States. -
John Lewis Voting Advancement Act. To strengthen the voting acts of 1965
