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Sweatt v Painter
a supreme court case that changed race -
Brown v Board of Education
Was a turning point of race relationship in the US -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation -
Little Rock Nine
A group of 9 black people that enrolled in white school -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
federal voting rights bill -
Greensboro Four
Four students sat down on a only white service and they where denied service -
Affirmative Action
do not discriminate against any employees -
March on Birmingham
non-violent demonstrations known as the Children's Crusade in Birmingham -
March on Washington
March on Washington for jobs and freedom -
24th Amendment
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Freedom Summer
Tried to help African Americans voters to register -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
March on Selma
three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed all discriminating voting