Key Events
This bus boycott began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Television coverage of protests had this major effect on the movement.
Increasing public support
This group, led by MLK, coordinated nonviolent marches and boycotts.
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
This act ended segregation in public facilities.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Nonviolent refusal to comply with unfair laws.
Civil Disobedience
This event included MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
March on Washington
Ending poll taxes and literacy tests helped expand this right.
Voting
This student-led organization was known for riskier nonviolent actions.
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
This act protected voting rights by banning literacy tests and poll taxes.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
These protests integrated lunch counters.
Sit‑Ins
Televised violence during this march increased support for the Voting Rights Act.
Bloody Sunday/Selma March
Women in the 1970s fought especially for this right in the workplace.
Equal Pay
This farm‑worker organization fought for clean water, breaks, and fair treatment.
UFW (United Farm Workers)
This earlier Supreme Court case allowed “separate but equal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson
These integrated interstate buses in the South even with violent attacks.
Freedom Rides
These interstate bus protests faced violent attacks but helped desegregate travel.
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights Movement successes helped inspire this later equality movement.
Women’s Rights Movement
This organization promoted gender equality and workplace rights for women.
NOW (National Organization for Women)
This legal decision ruled segregated schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
MLK described this method as a way to “bring hidden tension to the surface.”
Nonviolent Direct Action
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ended “separate but equal” in schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
The combination of major laws and Supreme Court rulings did this to segregation.
ended segregation officially
This movement sought equality, cultural awareness, and opposition to the Vietnam War.
Asian‑American Civil Rights Movement
This executive order desegregated the U.S. armed forces.
Executive Order 9981
This protest type uses refusal to buy products to force change.
Boycott