Protests
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961, segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. United States Supreme Court decision declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.
Greensboro sit-ins
Series of nonviolent protests in 1960 which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Watts Riots
Took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 17, 1965. The five-day riot resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage. It was the most severe riot in the city's history until the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
Newark and Detroit race riots
Major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967. The six days of rioting, looting, and destruction left 26 dead and hundreds injured. The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot, was a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan, US that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar . Police interactions with patrons and observers on the street evolved into one of the deadliest and most destructive riots in United States history, lasting five days and surpassing the violence and property destruction of Detroit's 1943 race riot.
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961, segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. United States Supreme Court decision declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.
Greensboro sit-ins
Series of nonviolent protests in 1960 which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Watts Riots
Took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 17, 1965. The five-day riot resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage. It was the most severe riot in the city's history until the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
Newark and Detroit race riots
Major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967. The six days of rioting, looting, and destruction left 26 dead and hundreds injured. The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot, was a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan, US that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar . Police interactions with patrons and observers on the street evolved into one of the deadliest and most destructive riots in United States history, lasting five days and surpassing the violence and property destruction of Detroit's 1943 race riot.