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Brown v. Board of Education
It Was the supreme court case that desegregated schools, it was separate public schools for black and white students, It also helped start Civil rights. -
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Montgomery bus boycott
People stayed off the bus to protest Rosa Parks arrest. It was a protest for segregated seating. -
Little Rock 9
Nine African American students went to a all white school, but were stopped by soldiers at first -
First lunch counter sit-in
Black students sat at a “whites only” lunch counter to protest. -
Freedom Rides
Activists rode buses into the south to challenge segregation on interstate buses. -
Birmingham campaign
Protest and marches in Birmingham, Alabama against racial segregation -
Civil Rights Act
It was a law that outlawed discrimination, based on race color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act
It was a Law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting