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Brown v. Board of Education
The landmark Brown v. Board decision gave LDF its most celebrated victory in a long, storied history of fighting for civil rights and marked a defining moment in US history. -
the Montgomery Bus Boycott began
It is one of the most powerful stories of organizing and social change in U.S. history. -
The Greensboro Sit-in Begins
The four people were African American, and they sat where African Americans weren't allowed to sit. They did this to take a stand against segregation. -
March on washington
more than a quarter million people participated in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, gathering near the Lincoln Memorial. -
civil rights act
prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal -
Selma to Montgomery marches
some 600 people assembled at a downtown church, knelt briefly in prayer, and began walking silently, two-by-two through the city streets. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon Johnson came to the Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act -
asssination of MLK
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -
The 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock t
Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American