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southern universities and colleges turned away African Americans
gained admision when african americans ion they were victims of rigid rules and segregated collage campuses. -
brown vs board of education
they argued to the sepreme courts that schools could never be equal. -
the sepreme court
a year after may 17, 1954 the court ordered the end to all school segregation , which brought an end to legal segragated schools -
rosa parks
she refused to let a white man sit and was arrested -
sit-ins
african americans would protest non-violently by sitting and waiting to be served food or arrested -
bermingham, alabama
the civil rights movement focused on birmingham and started protesting in birmingham -
washington D.C.
a quarter of a million people were at the memorial in d.c. and preachers and politicans spoke there -
civil rights act
outlawed segregation and discrimination to any race, gender, religon or nationality, -
malcom x
he was the nation of islams most effective leader, was assassinated by one of the members of the nation of islam. -
voting rights act
it outlawed litirecy test to african americans so they could vote
