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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
Landmark Supreme court Ruling Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas."Seperate but Equal" Schools ruled unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks is arrested and Montgomery Bus Boycott starts
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the Montgomery City bus.Rosa Parks was arrested and the Bus Boycott started. -
Little Rock Nine begin school at Central High School
They were the first black teenagers to attend a all white Central High School. -
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In's Begin
On Feb. 1, 1960, the Greensboro Four, as they would later be called, felt isolated and alone as they sat at that whites-only lunch counter at the Woolworth Store on South Elm Street. -
Bombing of the sixteenth Street Baptist Church
The Bombing of the sixteenth Street Baptist Church results in four black girls death. -
Civil Rights act Passed
15th of June The Civil Rights act passed. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s " I Have a Dream" speech
200,000 march in Washington listening to the I Have a Dream speech. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Is assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated by a man named James Earl Ray. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
The March from Selma to Montgomery was guided by Martin Luther King Jr. It twas five days long and 54 miles. -
Voting Rights Act passed
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forbid the use of literacy tests and other voter tests as prerequisites for voting. It also authorized federal intervention to aid blacks in registering to vote in the South.
