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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown Vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court says that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. It says that separate IS NOT equal. This ruling opens the way to stop all forms of segregation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks sat in the white-only part of a city bus. police arrested her. This began a boycott , where blacks walked rather than rise the bus, that lasted for over a year. After a year, the buses were desegregated.