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Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education was an event which ended with the Supreme Court desegregating schools all through out America. -
Rosa Parks/ Montgomery Bus Boycott
A seamstress and secretary of local NAACP named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man, and as of the result, she got arrested.She once said "When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was change. But they couldn't rest on just that change. It has to continue" and thats what she started a change and everyone kept it going, by the stopping of the bus usage. -
Bombing of Churches
Whites angry about the Montgomery Bus Boycott bombed four African American churches, and they also bombed the homes of Civil Rights leaders King, Ralph Abernathy, and E.D. Nixon. -
Civil Rights Act 1957
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which created the Civil Rights Commission and authorizes the Justice Department to investigate cases of African Americans being denied voting rights in the South. -
Cooper Vs. Aaron
The Supreme Court decision Cooper vs. Aaron rules that a threat of mob violence is not a strong enough reason to delay school desegregation. The court's decision bounded the states to enforce the desegregation even if the state disagreed with them. -
The United States had a African American president
During the civil rights movement, African Americans could not have any political person such as a president, but around a year ago an African American president just finished his second term in the White house. -
All Schools are Desegregated
All schools today are desegregated because today everyone does not have the viewpoints that the schools should be segregated and that African Americans should not be treated the same as Whites. Only certain people have them and that's what they believe but most of the country does not. -
All buses are Desegregated
All buses today are desegregated and you will see whites and African Americans sitting next to each other on them. Also their are no asigned sections for anyone on the bus everyone can sit where they want. -
All public places are Desegregated
Today no place is allowed to be segregated, and places can be shut down if they try and segregate their businesses. This shows that our country has made progress because during the 1950's places like airports, bathrooms, restaurants, buses, and other places would have been segregated. -
Everyone has the right to vote
As long as you are a legal citizen of the United States and are of the age 18 then you will be able to vote no matter what skin color you have.
