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