Civil Rights Movement

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  • 1954

    Brown V. Board of Education declared that separate but equal was not constitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    She was arrested in Georgia for sitting in the white section of the bus.

  • The Little Rock Nine

    Nine African Americans were brave enough to end segregation in public schools.

  • Sit-In Movements

    In Greensboro, NC they would have peaceful sit-in protests.

  • Freedom Rides

    Was a protest where African Americans and whites would ride up and down the coast sitting in the white sections.

  • March on Washington

    It was a peaceful protest where people lined the streets of DC. It was also when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech.

  • Civil Rights Act

    FInally a bill was passed to protect African Americans civil rights and to end segregation in the United States