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Segregated Schools were illegal
The Brown vs. The Board of Education ruling stated that racially segregated schools were unequal -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans in 1955 were not allowed to ride towards the front of the bus. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat she was arrested and then a boycott broke out. For a long time African Americans would not ride the buses and it would cost the bus companies a fortune so they changed their way. -
Greensboro sitins
The sit in was a civil rights protest where they would sit at segregated lunch counters and would not leave even if they were denied service. -
Birmingham Church bombing
The Birmingham bombing was a white supremacy attack on a mostly black church. The bomb injured 22 people and killed 4 girls. -
Civil Rights act
The civil rights act of 1964 states that any US citizen gets the same rights no matter on race -
Voting rights act
Lyndon Johnson signed the act in 1965 that made discrimination towards people trying to register to vote illegal
