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the sit ins
the congress of racial equality sponsored sit ins -
brown vs. board of education of topeko
racial discrimination was still going on long in america -
montgomery bus boycott
the black community of montgomery had organized a one day boycott of the city's bus line -
little rock
ordered one thousand paratroops of the 101st airborne division into little rock -
freedom rides
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the march on washington
the march was for freedom and jobs -
march in Birmingham, alabama
to bring attention to blacks in Birmingham -
civil rights act
the act outlawed discrimination -
24th amendment
the U.S. constitution prohibits congress an the states from establishing a poll tax -
de jure vs de facto segregation
separation of groups happens by act of law,the separation that is done because of tradition -
voting rights act of 1965
letting everyone vote not only whites -
the march from Selma to Montgomery
the protest march, down a 54 mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the capital of Montgomery, Alabama -
race riots
a public outbreak with an argument between two races