Sunday, March 15, 2026

Collection of facts about the Civil rights movement

This post is a collection of facts about the Civil rights movement (1654-1968). There are 19 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

  • Attempted to end racial segregation and discrimination in the U.S.
  • African Americans were most affected
  • American Civil War (1861-1865) led to abolishment of slavery
  • Reconstruction Amendments implemented
  • Jim Crow laws discriminated against African Americans
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld Jim Crow laws
  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954) invalidated segregated-schooling laws
  • Martin Luther King Jr. led protests and civil disobedience campaigns
  • Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956)
  • Browder v. Gayle (1956) ruled bus segregation unconstitutional
  • Children's Crusade march in 1963
  • March on Washington in 1963
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Selma to Montgomery march in 1965
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Loving v. Virginia (1967) ruled interracial marriages legal
  • Fair Housing Act of 1968
  • Black power movement emerged in the 1960's
  • Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968