Long before the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956, Black Philadelphians pushed back against separate and unequal treatment in local public transportation. After a long and painful struggle, African ...

Correction: An earlier version of this timeline had an incorrect date for the Supreme Court case Milliken v. Bradley; the case was decided on July 25, 1974, and not on June 27, 1977.

Sarah Roberts was just 4 years old when she tried to go to an all-white school. Her case, Sarah C. Roberts v. The City Of Boston, was the first legal challenge to school segregation. This hidden ...