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Brown v. Board of Education decision
The U.S. Supreme Court decided that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
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Montgomery bus boycott
People protest against the segregation of Montgomery buses, and against the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to leave her seat for a white man. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC is founded following the Montgomery bus boycott. Martin Luther King Jr. invited around 60 black ministers to Ebenezer Church, where they discussed the foundation of such a group -
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Counterculture era
A sort of counterculture formed in the American society, typically associated with anti-establishment movements. -
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Latino movement
Movement among the Latino-American population to fight for better treatment and overall more equality. -
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Feminist movement of the 1960's
Focused on removing inequality from the workplace, such as being denied higher-up jobs, as well as salary inequality. -
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Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the south in 1961 as a challenge to the lack of enforcement of Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia. -
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Black Power movement
Movement to inspire African Americans to reach a certain level of "Black Power." Coincided with socialist movements. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on one's sex, race, religion, or national origin, as well as ending unequal treatment in vote registration requirements. -
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Watts riots
An African-American man pulled over out of suspicion of drunk driving had a fight with the officer that pulled him over. Eventually the community escalated into rioting and looting over accused police brutality. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., a figurehead in the African American civil rights movement, was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Roe v. Wade decision
The decision of the Roe v. Wade case decided that a woman had the right to get an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus.
