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This resulted in the courts declaring that racially segregated schools were unconstitutional.
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When Rosa Parks was put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white person this resulted in the boycott of all Montgomery buses. This boycott lasted for over a year.
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Malcom X was a human rights activist he preached about African American power and extreme violence to white Americans.
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MLK gave his famous 'I have a dream' speech to support civil rights by the Lincoln Memorial and over 250,000 gathered to listen.
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Johnson created the civil rights act that prohibited discrimination in public places, banned discrimination on employers, and banned the different voter registrations for blacks and whites.
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The house of representatives passed the voting rights act that allowed African Americans to vote. It was a huge advancement in the civil rights movement.