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Brown Vs. Board of Education
Declared segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus
This led to the start of the Montgomery bus boycot and eventually made the buses desegregated -
The Little Rock Nine were enrolled
They were the first black kids to be enrolled in high school and led to other schools being desegregated. -
Freedom Riders rode the buses
The Freedom Riders were attacked by angry mobs in Alabama. The black people tested the integration laws because they weren't being enforced. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech. It helped prioritize Civil Rights. -
24th amendment to the constitution
poll taxes were ruled unconstitutional. -
Malcolm X was assassinated
Another leader of the Civil Rights Movement was assassinated. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
The assassination led to hundreds of riots. Different leaders came using different ways of persuading including violent ones.