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Civil Rights Era by Dejuan Day

  • Fair Deal

    Fair Deal

    Desegragtion of the military.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    This ended segregation in Public Schools.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Park seat incident led to the boycott led by Martin Lutherr King Jr.
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    Eisenhower sends troops hesitantly to intergrate Public Schools.
  • Greensboro 4

    Greensboro 4

    Four A&T students had a sit-in at a segregated cafe as a form of Public Disobedience.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    White and Blacks road a bus together to support ending segregation but the bus was bombed by KKK members.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    March on Washington led to passage of Cilvil Rights Act. Martin Luther King Jr also said his famous "I have a dream" speech.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    LBJ signs Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public areas
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    LBJ signs Voting Rights Act ending literacy test.
  • Supreme Court induction

    Supreme Court induction

    Thurgood Marshall was the first African American supreme court appointed by LBJ.
  • Martin Luther King Jr Dies

    Martin Luther King Jr Dies

    Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated outside of his motel room by James Earl Ray.