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Brown v. Board of education
NAACP sues to stop segregation. It was lead by Thurgood Marshall. The south resists de-segregation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refuses to move from her seat and gets arrested. It starts the fight to end segregation. -
SCLC
Martin Luther KInd,jr is made president od the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It bases its principles on nonviolence. -
James Meredith
He became the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Riots broke out and President Kennedy had to send troops. -
Martin Luther King, jr is arrested
He is put in jail during an anti segregation protest. King writes seminal letterfrom Birmingham Jail. It says people have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws. -
Civil Rights protest in Birmingham, Ala
Eugene "bull" Connoe uses brutal methods to stop the protesting. He uses fire hoses and attack dogs on african americans. -
Martins speech
March on Washington, 200,000 people come to hear his i have a dream speech. -
24th amendment
It abolishes the poll tax. -
Voting Rights Act
It eliminated literacy tests. -
Martin Luther King, jr is shot
JAmes Earl Ray shot him on his balcony outside his hotel room.
