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Brown v. Board of Education
A black man tried to enroll his daughter in a white school and when she was denied he took it to the courts. -
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Civil Rights
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
To get back at the bus systems for kicking Rosa Parks out of her seat, African Americans boycottted the buses -
Woolworth Sit In
African Amercicans were refused servie and rebeled by sitting there and not moving. -
Freedom Rides
They were civil rights activitst that rode interstate buses to segargated states to test the courts. -
Birming Children's March and Boycott
The purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a protest for jobs and freedom -
Selma to Montgomery
These three marches marked the political and emotional peak of the Civil Rights Movement.
