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This civil rights case is seen by many to be the start of the civil rights movement. It outlawed discrimination in public schooling. This was necessary to overturn Plessy V Ferguson.
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Rosa Parks, after refusing to give up her seat on a bus, led to a successful boycott of public transportation. The boycotts only ended after segregation on buses was illegalized.
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Several African American university students begin sit ins at segregated restaurants in the south.
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In 1963 a march on Washington for equal civil rights was attended by Martin Luther King Jr. where he delivered his "I have a dream speech." It was also attended by 200,000 others.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws discrimination in any form on the basis of racism, religion, or national origin.
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The voting rights act of 1965 guarantees the right to vote without passing discriminatory literacy tests while also allowing the federal government more ability to intervene against racist laws
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In an effort to get a higher percentage of African Americans in the area registered to vote Martin Luther King Jr. led a march in protest of the local resistance to desegregation. It faced numerous challenges.
