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Brown v. Board of Education was an important case that found the segregation of school unconstitutional. This event was significant because it helped fuel the civil rights movement and started a trend of demonstrations and progress in the right direction -
On December 1st, in Montgomery, an African-American woman named rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. Four days later a protest was started where African Americans boycotted Montgomery city busses. This demonstration caused the U.S. supreme court to order Montgomery to integrating its buses -
The March on Washington was a march at the Lincoln Memorial used to draw attention to a lot of the issues and inequalities African-Americans faced in the United States. This event was also where MLK Jr gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. This event was significant because it gave a lot of attention to black issues during the time, and it was a platform for one of the most famous speeches in human history. -
The civil rights act of 1964 was an act that ended segregation, and banned employment discrimination. This was super impactful on the united states because it was one of the biggest steps made by the civil rights movement towards a world where people's lives weren't determined by the color of their skin -
The fair housing act banned discrimination for the sale or rental of houses. This was the last legislative achievement of the civil rights movement.
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