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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Brown vs Board of education
-the supreme court orders that school segregation is unconstitutional, overruling Plessy vs Ferguson https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+rights&biw=1366&bih=651&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJnsz4j9HQAhXmAsAKHTrfD4kQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=ZkbxIi6u0Spp4M%3A q=civil+rights+timeline&view=detailv2&qpvt=civil+rights+timeline&id=E57330EB5611B88A4B452876929EE9F3A5DFDFFA&selectedIndex=10&ccid=Q9dPnWA0&simid=607992612449226577&thid=OIP.M43d74f9d60340d4c59a2c441e6d8d16fo0&ajaxhist=0 -
Emmett Till
- a black teenage male found dead after talking to a white woman. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=civil+rights+timeline&view=detailv2&qpvt=civil+rights+timeline&id=E57330EB5611B88A4B452876929EE9F3A5DFDFFA&selectedIndex=10&ccid=Q9dPnWA0&simid=607992612449226577&thid=OIP.M43d74f9d60340d4c59a2c441e6d8d16fo0&ajaxhist=0
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Little Rock Desegregation
-President Eisenhower sends the national guard to Little Rock's central high school to protect 9 black students as they desegregate the school.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
-prohibited discrimination in voting, employment, public services based on race, religion, or gender. https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+rights&biw=1366&bih=651&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJnsz4j9HQAhXmAsAKHTrfD4kQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=VrKr67t2rHbrWM%3A -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
-Outlawed literary tests
-Lyndon B. Johnson played an important role in the civil rights movement https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+rights&biw=1366&bih=651&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJnsz4j9HQAhXmAsAKHTrfD4kQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=6PSgE5_pWAKODM%3A -
Americans with Disabilities Act
-section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in federal programs and by recipients of federal financial assistant -
I.D.E.A
-this prevented schools from discriminating against children with disabilities