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Brown v Board of Education
Ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks arrest
Rosa parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man. This led to a protest on 12/5 led by young pastor Martin Luther King Jr. who called for a bus boycott in Montgomery. For months protesters faced threats, arrests, and got fired, but was continued until on December 20, 1956 when the Supreme Court ruled that segregated seating was unconstitutional -
Civil Rights Act
Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, it gave the federal government the power prevent racial discrimination in voting, employment, and public facilities -
Assassination of Malcolm X
He’s assassinated in a New York City lecture hall. He spoke for a move from civil rights to human rights and argued that this was best done through orthodox Islam -
Loving v Virginia
A Supreme Court case ruled that laws banning interracial marriage were unconstitutional and violated the fourteenth amendment -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King, the most prominent civil rights leader, is assassinated at the Loraine motel after a nonviolent protest in support of workers in that city, this was the leading factor to tha passing of the fair housing act on April 11