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Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but equal. A court case that made Black and white people equal but kept them separate. -
Brown v. board of education
A supreme court case that that granted separate public schools for back and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery bus boycott
The law was that African Americans have to ride in the back of the bus. It became a civil rights movement and protest against racial segregation. This is most famously known for the Rosa parks incident where she would not move to the back of the bus for the white man. -
Little rock school integration
9 African american students known as the "little rock 9" who enrolled in an all white high school which led to riots and police enforcement. -
the sit ins
Protests in North Carolina where African american protesters satin a restaurant which led them to change their segregation policies. -
freedom rides
civil right protesters that challenged segregation laws by sitting in the front of buses -
march on washington
a march for jobs and freedom -
voting rights act of 1965
A voting act that prohibits racial voting discrimination
