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Brown v. Board of Education
It was a Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man. This event leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Little Rock Nine
Angry white mobs blocked nine Black students from integrating into Little Rock Central High School. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to send federal troops to escort them, but even then they continued to be harassed. -
Greensboro Sit- In
Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil were college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. They refused to leave a "whites only" counter without being served. They said that they were inspired by Gandhi's nonviolent protest. -
"I Have A Dream" Speech
Over 200,000 people joined the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in order to ban segregation in public places and ban employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Selma to Montgomery March
Around 600 civil rights marchers walked to Selma, Alabama to the state capital in protest of Black voter suppression. They were attacked by local police and later went to court for their right to march. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act prohibiting racial discrimination when voting. It also ended the requirement of taking literacy tests to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This Act prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and sex.