President John F. Kennedy was riding in his motorcade when he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.

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Many African-Americans resented unjust segregation laws and expressed outrage that they had fought for freedom overseas, only to be treated as second-class citizens once they returned home.

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The civil rights movement featured African-Americans fighting for their constitutional rights and it ultimately changed U.S. society forever.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was when African American citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, united to boycott public transportation after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited segregation in public accommodations (hotels, restaurants, and theaters that served an interstate clientele), forbade discrimination in education and employment, and gave the president the power to enforce the new law.

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