Arrest report of Rosa Parks
In 1955, a 42-year-old seamstress touched off a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system when she was arrested for failing to yield her seat to a white...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Act enforced the constitutional right to vote, conferred jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, provided injunctive relief against...
Civil Rights Marcher
Pictured is one of the thousands of marchers who participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC. As part of the...
First class service
Early in the 20th century, Pullman Palace Car employed more African Americans than any other company in the United States. Most held jobs as sleeping car porters,...
For jobs and freedom
A rally at the Washington Monument on August 28, 1963, began the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” The march proceeded to the Lincoln Memorial, where...
March on Washington
Civil rights leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (front row, second from left), A. Philip Randolph (front row, far right), and Roy Wilkins (front row, second...
Marchers in DC
This photograph shows participants at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, on August 28, 1963. The event brought hundreds of thousands of marchers to the...