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Brown v. Board of Education
NAACP won this case that weakened segregation.
The segregated schools were declared unconstiutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks refuses to get up her seat to a white man and is arrested for violating muncipal law. -
Civil Rights Act
It gave the attorney general greater power to push desegregation in schools. -
SNCC (Student nonviolent coordinating committee)
formed mostly of college students who felt that the pace of change was slow. -
University of Mississippi
Federal court ruled that an African Amercan could enter the all-white University of Mississippi. -
Washington March
More than 250,000 people showed up, urging passage of the civil rights bill. -
Voting Rights Act
The law stripped away state laws that had prevented African Americans from voting.
March took place in Alabama, led thousands from all over the country to join the march. -
Malcolm X