Civil Rights Movement Timeline

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  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court rules on the case that school segregation is unconstitutional
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    Important Event in the Civil Rights Movement

  • Rosa Parks and Bus System Boycott

    Rosa Parks and Bus System Boycott

    Rosa Parks ris arrested because she refuses to give up her seat in the "colored section" of a bus to a white man. After her arrest, the black community organizes a bus system boycott.
  • "Freedom Riders" Take Bus Trips Throughout the South

    "Freedom Riders" Take Bus Trips Throughout the South

    A group known as the "freedom riders" take bus trips throughout the south to test new segregation laws. They are attacked by an angry mob shortly after.
  • Baptist Church Bombing

    Baptist Church Bombing

    A bomb explodes at an african american baptist church killing 4 little girls in Sunday School.
  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This bans all discrimination against all colors, races, religions, etc.

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