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Civil Rights Timeline
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Brown v. Board of Education
An 8 year old girl was denied the right to go to any white schools even though they four blocks away from her house. Instead she had to go 21 blocks to the nearest African American elementary school. This case ruled segregation unconstitutional and got the idea of "seperate but equal" undone -
North Carolina College sit-in
African American students from North Carolina's Agricultural and Technical College staged a sit-in in a whites-only lunch counter. News reporters caught whites beating and pouring food on the students who refused to fight back. -
The Children's March
Martin Luther King Jr. came up with the idea of having a children protest. He gathered more than a thousand African American children to march in Birmingham. This resulted in 959 children arrested and they encountered fire hoses, attack dogs and beatings. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender. It gave all citizens the right to enter libraries, parks, washrooms, restaurants, theaters, and other public accommodations. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters. Also federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials. -
Selma March
Martin Luther King Jr. responded to a shooting by marching 50 miles to protest. They marched from Selma to Montgomery. Police attacked the protesters by whipping, clubbing and using tear gas on them. This march led to more marches in Montgomery. -
National Organization for Women
This was created by 28 women. This was created to pursue women's goals. The organization pushed for the creation of child-care facilities and pushed to have the sex-segregated job ads illegal. -
Black Power
This idea was only for African Americans with no whites support. It was made to call black people to define their own goal and made a stand. This was started by Stokely Carmicheal. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This act ended discrimination in housing. African Americans were inspired by this movement to have greater pride in their image and history. -
American Indian Movement
This was an often militant Native Americans rights organization. It started out as a self-defense group against police brutality, but then branched out to include protecting the rights of large Native American populations.
