Civil rights movement

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    The Civil Rights Movement 1960s

  • Brown V. of Education of Topeka Kansas

    Brown V. of Education of Topeka Kansas

    A supreme court case in which segregation in public schools was illegal
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Protest by african americans against segregation in the bus system in Alabama
  • Martin Luther King is arrested

    Martin Luther King is arrested

    Martin Luther King is arrested during anti segregation protests in Birmingham

  • The 24 ammendment is made

    The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax

  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Malcolm X is shot

    Malcolm X is shot

  • Blacks begin a march to Montgomery in support of voting rights

    Blacks begin a march to Montgomery in support of voting rights

  • Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal

    Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal

    Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965,

  • James Meredeth

    James Meredeth becomes the first black student to enroll at the university of Mississippi
  • Martin Luther is shot

    Martin Luther is shot

    Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room