The sit-in movement began in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960.
The Brown v. Board of Education overturned the concept of "separate but equal" originally established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896
The Brown v. Board of Education decision was quickly implemented without resistance in southern states.
Jim Crow laws allowed institutionalized or legal discrimination.
The Little Rock Nine rode on segregated busses to end segregation.
Rosa Parks arrest inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycotts .
Emmitt Till was from Mississippi visiting Chicago when he was killed.
The mother of Emmitt Till chose to have a closed casket funeral.
James Meredith was the first black student enrolled at Florida State.
The peaceful demonstrators in Birmingham were chased off the streets by police dogs and fire hoses.
Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" happened in Little Rock Arkansas
President Roosevelt signed the Civil Rights Bill of 1964
The NAACP was a group started to end race based discrimination.
The Sit ins were an attempt to intergrate schools.
Governor Wallace, Governor Fabus and Bull Connor were all leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.