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Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board case caused laws to be put in place to desegregate schools. Due to this, private schools started opening when this was released to the public because many citizens in the south did not agree. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A campaign against segregation on public transit. African Americans, and some whites, would boycott the buses to make a point in Montgomery, Alabama -
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Albany Movement
A desegregation movement. Used jail sit-ins and boycotts. This was a successful failure- the police were ready for them and placed them in jail immediately but they refleacted on the situation. After reflecting, they became successful in many other protests -
March on Washington
Thousands of people gathered at Lincoln Memorial to protest against discrimination in jobs. African Americans were not hired due to their color and they wanted to end that. This is where MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A series of laws that ended segregation in public places. Also, it ended employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin. -
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Freedom Riders
A group of white college students that went down South to help people out. At the time, African Americans did not vote due to the previous laws that discriminated against them. Now, those laws have been lifted and marked unconstitutional. African Americans were scared to vote, so the Freedom Riders taught them how to do voter registration and place a vote. -
Voting rights act of 1965
Laws put in place to make sure that no laws could be passed if they, in any way, discriminated against anyone in terms of voting
