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Brown v. Board of Education
A SCOTUS case that was brought up because a child had to attend a school that was much further away than another because they were segregated. The court ruled that schools be desegregated but a lot of schools did not follow. -
Sit-In Protests
During the Civil Rights Movement, Sit-In protests were peaceful acts of African-Americans sitting in white buildings and waiting to be served. This often got pretty messy with all the whites being terrible towards them. These protests help accelerate the movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This peaceful protest was the act of African-Americans purposely not riding the buses in Montgomery, Alabama. They kept this up for over a year and it was ultimately successful, because they desegregated the buses. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It was the first ever federal Civil Rights legislation that was passed since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The CRA of 1957 was a federal voting rights bill, granting more freedom and equality to African-Americans. -
New Orleans school integration
New Orleans school integration was an event that happened after the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education. Four girls were escorted by armed men to school to protect them and allow them to attend. -
Albany Movement
Albany Movement was a desegregation and voter's right coalition formed in Albany, Georgia. It drew attention to racial segregation practices in the South. -
Washington March
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a very large march of people at the Lincoln Memorial for African-Americans. Martin Luther King, Jr. agreed to speak last at the march and gave the famous, "I Have A Dream" speech. This event was a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize
In 1964, MLK, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding work and dynamic leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and his steadfast commitment to creating racial justice through nonviolent action. This was a monument in the movement. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
Three protest marches in 1965 that had a large number of African-Americans marching along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the capital city Montgomery, Alabama. This went on for two weeks. -
Watts riots
A series of riots that occured in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles for Civil Rights. These riots were extremely violent and resulted in the death of several people.
