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Brown v. The Board of Education
Brown v. The Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Link(http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/brown_v_board_of_education) -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.
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Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. Link(www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration) -
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Sit-Ins
Students from across the country came together to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and organize sit-ins at counters throughout the South. This front page is from the North Carolina A&T University student newspaper. By 1960, the Civil Rights Movement had gained strong momentum.
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Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides. They rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
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Birmingham Demonstrations
The Birmingham Campaign was a movement led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which sought to bring national attention of the efforts of local black leaders to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama.
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March on Washington
The March on Washington was an interracial march by 250,000 blacks and whites on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C., protesting segregation and job discrimination against blacks in the nation. Also called March for Freedom and Jobs.The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress.
Link(www.alabamamoments.alabama.gov/sec58qs.html)