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the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional -
was a 14-year-old African American youth, who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman -
The boycott led to a successful court case declaring Montgomery's bus segregation laws unconstitutional and ultimately desegregated the city's buses. -
young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service -
nine African American students who first integrated Central High School in Little Rock -
a series of bus trips organized by civil rights activists in 1961 to challenge the segregation of interstate bus travel in the Southern United States -
refers to the violent attack on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, during the Selma to Montgomery marches -
defends his nonviolent protests and the need for direct action in fighting segregation, responding to criticisms from white clergymen who urged patience -
a massive demonstration held on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., where approximately 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial -
As a bomb exploded under the steps of the church, they sought safety under the pews and shielded each other from falling debris -
Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 24 – “Elimination of Poll Taxes” Amendment Twenty-four to the Constitution was ratified on January 23, 1964 -
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin -
The Voting Rights Act was enacted on August 6, 1965, and it prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race; permitted direct federal intervention in the electoral process in certain places -
struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage, ruling them unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause