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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man
black people who normally use the bus boycott and bus services lost alot of money because none of them would take the buses
this boycott lasted 381 days -
civil rights act of 1957
It established the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, and empowered federal officials to prosecute individuals that conspired to deny or abridge another citizens right to vote -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
on first day kids were met by a vicious crowd of whites not apprecitive of the racial mixing of the school -
The Sit in Movement
four black students sat at tables at a diner and wouldnt get served they didnt speak so they sat down without leaving
attack harrased and sent to jail -
Freedom Riders
anti segregation speakers who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States
some buses would get raided riders would get beat up some killed for trying to change segregation -
the march on washignton
more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
staets outlawed descrimination agaisnt sex age race and religion
