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The Brown v. Board of Education.
The Board of Education worked with the U.S. Supreme Court. Together they made sure that segregated public schools were constitutional. -
School Segregation
School segregation starts to be recognized and is protested. The schools start slowly integrating. The schools integrate at a very slow rate. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refuses to let a white man take her seat. (Montgomery, Alabama) After this event the Negros started a boycott on buses. This boycott made protest other places to start the civil rights movement. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine negro students are forbidden to enter a all-white school. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school was called Central High School. -
Greensboro Sit-in
The Greensboro Sit-in. Four negro students created a new point in history. The four negro students sat at a lunch counter for only whites. -
The CORE's protest
The CORE protested the segregation seating on buses. Freedom riders were arrested in North Carolina and abused in South Carolina. A bus was burned and attacked in Alabama. -
The Children's Crusade
From May 2nd to the 10th, thousands of kids and teens protested segregation by marching in Birmingham, Alabama. This event was titled the Children's Crusade. -
University of Alabama
Two negro students wanted to attend the University of Alabama. The school would not allow it. John F. Kennedy ended segregation education by submitting the civil rights legislation to congress. -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 African Americans marched on Washington. Including Martin Luther King Jr. Who gave his "I have a dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act
The president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. That made segregation in education, employment, and public facilities illegal.
