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Plessy v. Ferguson
separate but equal -
Brown v. Board of Education
Separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the buss -
Little Rock School Integration
The Arkansas national guard was sent to prevent nine african american students from integrating the high school -
The Sit-Ins
African Americans went to white only places and sat down and stayed -
Freedom Rides
A group of northern idealists active in the civil rights movement -
March on Washington
A movement lead by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination -
March on Birmingham
It brought attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Alabama -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment abolished the poll tax for all federal elections -
Voting Rights Act
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March from Selma to Montgomery
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Race Riots
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De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation