Faces of the Movement
She helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat.
Rosa Parks
This boycott lasted 381 days and ended when the Supreme Court ruled bus segregation was unconstitutional.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Laws that forced segregation in the South.
Jim Crow laws
The large increase in births from 1946 to 1964.
Baby Boom
This president sent federal marshals to enforce school integration.
John F. Kennedy
He believed in nonviolent protest to fight injustice.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Four college students began the first major one of these at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro.
Sit-ins
This Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" in public schools was unconstitutional (Illegal).
Brown v. Board of Education
Many families moved here after WWII for more space and safety.
The suburbs
After JFK was assassinated, this president pushed Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act
Lyndon B. Johnson
He worked to integrate schools and register voters in Mississippi.
Medgar Evers
They rode buses to test whether southern states were obeying desegregation laws
Freedom Riders
This 1964 Act banned discrimination in jobs and public places.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
More Americans began moving to this region, including states in the South and West.
The Sunbelt
The political scandal that forced President Nixon to resign.
Watergate
She integrated an all-white elementary school at age 6.
Ruby Bridges
This civil rights leader encouraged getting into "good trouble" and led SNCC.
John Lewis
This law (1972) banned discrimination in school and education programs.
Title IX
This helped veterans afford college, home loans, and job training.
GI Bill
These acts set rules to reduce two major types of pollution
Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act
He believed in self-defense and Black pride instead of only nonviolence.
Malcolm X
The Selma march helped lead to the passage of this 1965 Act.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This law requires public buildings to be accessible to people with disabilities.
Americans with Disabilities Act
This ended in 1973, creating an all-volunteer armed forces.
The military draft
Urban renewal often displaced African American communities, including these neighborhoods in Richmond and Charlottesville
Jackson Ward and Vinegar Hill