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Brown v. Board of Education
Law suite in which the Sumpreme Court abolished segregation of public schools. -
Sit-ins
A form of non-violent protest. The earliest sit-in during the civil rights movement as in Baltimore, Maryland. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white person on a Mongomery bus. This event started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
An African American organization that is responsible for many influential Civil Rights movements including the March on Washington -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The act initiated a greater federal role in protecting the rights of African Americans by increasing voting rights -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students were escorted into a formerly all white school by armed guards after being denied entrance by the local police on the behalf of the school principle -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
Federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls.
