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Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Supreme Court decided that it was legal to have "separate but equal" facilities were equal -
Military Desegregation
President Harry Truman abolished racial discrimination in the military -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Repealed the court's ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson and made desegregation policy to be instituted as fast as possible -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up her Seat
When a white man got on the bus Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and got arrested this started the Montgomery Bus Boycott -
Little Rock Nine
Nine Black Students try to register for an all white high just to get stopped by an angry mob and National Guard Soldiers -
I Have a Dream Speech
200,000 to 300,000 protesters march down the National Mall to the Lincoln Memorial and watch Dr. King give his I Have a Dream Speech -
Civil Rights Act
Congress passes the act to give African Americans equal rights in everything but voter registration -
March from Selma to Montgomery
Dr. King and a group of protesters attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights -
Voting Rights Act
Congress finally gave everybody voting rights banning tactics used to stop people from voting -
Dr. King’s Assassination
Dr. Martin Luther King jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray
