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This desegregates military
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Ends Segregation in Public Schools
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A woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
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9 black students were allowed to go to Little Rock Central High School (all white school).
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Four students from North Carolina A&T University sat inside a restaruant and ate. This caused a lot of trouble for them.
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Fight to end segregation in interstate travel
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200,000-300,000 people attented this movement. This was led by Martin Luther King Jr and this is were he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public places
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Martin Luther King led this as a peaceful protest. This is known as Bloody Sunday. Alabama's governor saw this as a threat and he called the police to stop it.
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President L. Johnson signs Voting Rights Act ending literacy test
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Thurgood Marshal was the first African American Supreme Court Justice
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He was assassinated while in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray pled guilty to avoid the death penalty by electrocution.
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