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The Supreme Court rules on the consolidation of five cases into one, thus abolishing racial segregation in public schools. However, many schools remained separated. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus. This begins the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders from several southern states meet in Atlanta to organize nonviolent protests against racial discrimination and segregation. -
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law in order to help protect voter laws. -
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Black religious leader Malcolm X is assassinated during a rally by members of the nation of Islam. -
President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent use of literacy tests as voting requirement, which mainly targeted people of color. -
The Supreme Court rules that school districts must put an immediate end to segregation. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 "Fair Housing Act" which provides equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion or national origin.