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Brown v. Board of Education
a case decided by the Supreme Court to end segregation in schools -
Rosa Parks
She refuses togive up her seat to a white man,causing a bus boycott -
Little Rock Nine
9 black students are blocked from integrating into a school,the president sends troops. -
Greensboro, North Carolina
4 black college students refuse to leave the "white only" lunch counter without being served. -
University of Alabama
A governor stands in the doorway to block 2 black students from registering, until the National Guard comes to end the standoff -
I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech -
16th Street Baptist Church
a bombing in a church kills 4 young girls and injures several others. Resulting in angry protest -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson signs an act preventing employment by race, gender, ect. -
Malcolm X
Religious leader Malcolm X is assassinated during a rally -
Selma to Montgomery march
around 600 civil rights marchers walk from Selma to Montogomery in protest of black voters suppression