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Brown v Board of Education
The Brown v Board of Education that racial public schools violated the fourteen amendment to the constitution in 1954 the decision was declared that separate educational facilities for White and African American were inherently unequal -
The Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till he was a 14 year old boy he was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil right protest during which the African American refused to ride city buses in Montgomery Alabama to protest segregated seating -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine students who enrolled at the formerly all white central high school in little rock Arkansas in September 1957 -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were a group of White and African American civil right activist who participated in the freedom rides bus trips through the American south in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals -
Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act requires all men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963 when around 250,000 people gathered around in front of Washington D.C.the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African American a century after emancipation -
Birmingham Church Bombing
The Birmingham Church Bombing occurred on when a bomb exploded before Sunday morning service at the 16th street Baptist church in Birmingham Alabama -
Civil Rights Act 1964
The Civil Rights Act 1964 it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color religion sex or national origin -
March of Selma
the March of Selma was a part of a series of civil rights that occurred in 1965 in Alabama a southern state with deeply entrenched racist