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African American Civil Rights Movement

By maguilar18

  • School Segregation illegal

    School Segregation illegal
    Racial Segregation became a law.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott begins

    Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest against the racial segregation.Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1,1955.

  • Bus boycott ends

  • The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

    The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    SNCC was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement

  • Freedom Rides begins

    Freedom Rides begins
    Seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South. They wanted to test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynton v. Virginia (1960)

  • "I have a Dream speech" by Martin Luther King

    "I have a Dream speech" by Martin Luther King
    Public speech by activist Martin Luther King for jobs and freedom

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    This Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, to overcome legal barriers and prevented African Americans from their right to vote

  • Martin Luther King was assasinated

    MLK was shot in Memphis Tennessee

  • Civil Rights Act passed

    Civil Rights Act passed
    Known as the Fair Housing Act–prohibited discrimination