The Children's march was when hundred's of kids marched in Birmingham, Alabama. This march was organized by James Bevel, and was intended to walk downtown to talk to the mayor of the city.
The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. This is considered to be one of the most important events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.The boycott resulted in a crippling financial deficit for the Montgomery public transit system.
This was a big supreme court case that made separation of blacks and whites illegal. It stated that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Until Harry Truman desegregated the Armed Forces, blacks weren't allowed to fight alongside whites during a war. This was one of the first ways that blacks were equal to whites.
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights group for ethnic minorities in the United States. It is known as the most influential civil rights organization.
Plessy vs. Ferguson is a hugely important supreme court case that allowed states to racially discriminate against blacks by use of "seperate but equal".