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Fair Deal
Desegregates military -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ended segregation in public schools and helped to end Jim Crow laws. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks gets arrested and there's a boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Little Rock Nine
Court ruled black students were allowed to go to Little Rock Central High School. -
Greensboro 4
Students from North Carolina A&T University do sit-ins as a form of public disobedience. -
Freedom Riders
White and black participants fight to end segregation in interstate travel. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. Has his "I have a dream speech" and led to passage of Civil Rights Act. -
Civil Rights Act
Lyndon B Johnson signs Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public places. -
Selma March
A March led by Martin Luther King Jr. that was also known as "Bloody Sunday" and was seen on TV. -
Voting Rights Act
Lyndon B Johnson signs Voting Rights Act ending literacy test. -
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshal was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Appointed by Lyndon B Johnson -
A Leader Dies
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray pled guilty to avoid the death penalty by electrocution.
