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Brown vs. Board
On May 17, 1954, Thurgood Marshall won the court case for Brown vs. Board of Education. The decision was that in schools, "seperate but equal" is not ok. This descision was one of the things that led to the sucess for black people in the civil rights movement. -
1st SNCC sit-in
Sit-ins for the civil rights movement started in Chicago as a way to inform everyone that black people are supposed to be just as good as white people. Many of the people that participated in sit-ins got beaten, ridiculed and covered in food. This was recorded by the press and startled many people with how harsh and horrible racism was for black people. These sit-ins were able to get the civil rights movement moving faster. -
I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech on August 28, 1963. This speech was given to 250,000 people in Washington D.C. and was very influential for the civil rights movement. It testified that Mr. King not only wanted more rights for black people, he wanted harmony between all races and for his kids to grow up with white friends. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited all descrimination because of race, gender, religion and national origin. This was the pinnacle moment of the civil rights movement because it marked the time when the government finally decided that descrimination in all forms is bad. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act was very important to the civil rights cause because it eliminated the literacy test that stopped the black people of America from voting. After this act was passed, the percentage of registered African-American voters in the south tripled. With the ability to vote, furthering the civil rights cause was much easier for the black people of that time.
