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Brown vs Board of Education
The US Supreme Court made a unanimous ruling that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks/Montgomery Bus Boycott
She refused to give up her seat on public bus to a white man. Her courage sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Little Rock Nine
The first African American students to enter Central High School -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit in
African Americans began going into Woolworth's to sit to dine in and became template for non violent resistance. -
March on Washington
One of most famous events, more than 200,000 people of all races gathered to establish job equality. This on MLK's speech, "I have a dream.." -
Civil Rights Acts of 1964
Signed by President Johnson prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national orgin. -
Selma to Montgomery marches
Hundreds of people gathered in Selma to march to the capital city so African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act
President Johnson signed to ban the discriminatory voting practices in many southern states after Civil War. -
Martin Luther King, Jr Assassination
MLK's assassination towards the end of the era followed many unifications of civil rights, but did not end the problems for African Americans.