Publisher's Synopsis
February 1, 1960 Four African-American college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, entered the local Woolworth's department store, sat down at the lunch counter, and demanded to be served. This courageous act launched the student sit-in movement throughout the region.
March 2, 1955 Nine months before the historic arrest of Rosa Parks, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for violating the segregation laws on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus.
September 30, 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student allowed to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
November 4, 1960 The U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Gomillion v. Lightfoot, establishing an important precedent in the voting rights of African-American citizens.