Civil Rights Protests in African American History
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott (1953)
The Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Bus Boycott in 1953 was the first large-scale boycott of a southern segregated bus system. It...
New York City NAACP Silent Protest Parade (1917)
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Silent Protest Parade, also known as the Silent March, took...
Nashville Streetcar Boycott (1905-1907)
The 1896 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson made segregationist laws permissible anywhere in the United States as...
Greensboro Sit-Ins (1960)
The Greensboro Sit-Ins were non-violent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, which lasted from February 1, 1960 to July 25, 1960....
(1955) Martin Luther King Jr., “The Montgomery Bus Boycott”
The Montgomery Bus Boycott speech reprinted below is one of the first major addresses of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr....
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28, 1963)
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held on August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C., was a landmark event...
Bloody Sunday Protest March, Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965
Between 1961 and 1964, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had led a voting registration campaign in Selma, the seat...
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama was a crucial event in the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement. On the...
