1954: On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued a historic judgment in Brown v. Board of Education, holding that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This ruling signaled the start of an era for legal segregation in the United States.
1955 - Montgomery Bus Boycott: On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, African American woman Rosa Parks declined to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. An important turning point in the Civil Rights Movement was the year-long boycott of the city's bus system