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He was a lawyer, businessman, and civil rights leader. He served in national leadership of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). -
He was a labor organizer for labors ability to counter workforce discrimination and his skill in planning non-violent protests. -
Consolidation of five cases in one, effectively ending racial segregation in some schools. -
She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. Parks was arrested and was launched to the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 back citizens. -
Black pastors and civil rights leaders meet in Atlanta, Georgia to coordinate non-violent protests against discrimination. -
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law to protect voter rights. The law allows prosecution of those who suppress another right to vote. -
African American College students sit at a white only counter without being served. These teens were inspired and it came to be called “sit-ins”. -
Black activists, known as freedom riders, took bus trips through the South to protest segregation bus terminals. -
Black children march through Birmingham, Alabama in against segregation. The goal was to provoke the cities leader to desegregate. -
Wallace stands in doorway at the University of Alabama to block two black students from registering. -
Approximately 250,000 people joined the march for job and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I have a dream” speech, stating “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of this creed.” -
A bomb at 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four young girls and injures several other people. -
Map shows the states that did/didnt vote for the civil rights act of 1964 -
what races benefited from the civil rights act of 1964 -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Act into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Showdown in Selma, Alabama over Neogro voting rights -
Black religious leader Malcom X was assassinated during rally by members of the Nation of Islam. -
In Selma to Montgomery march, around 600 civil rights marchers walked to Montgomery in protest of black voter suppression. Local police blocked and attacked them. -
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” -
President Johnson signs act to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. It also allowed federal examiner to review voter qualifications. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, providing equal hosing opportunity. -
“Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal”