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Rosa Parks Bus
She was on a Montgomery bus like she has always done and then one night the bus was full and a white man got on and needed a seat and the bus driver made her get off, but she refused. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Birmingham Church Bombing
The morning of September 15th 1963 a bomb was set off in a Baptist Church, where blacks attented and there were meetings for civil right leaders. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act ended segregation in public areas and it also banned public discrimination on sex, religion, color or race. -
Selma to Montgomery March
It was a march where protesters who were trying to register blacks voters in the South. They were trying to get to the captiol to protest but it came with many challenges. There were many violent resistance by state and local authorities. But in the end they finally completed their goal. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act aimed to overcome legal barriers at both the state and local levels that banned African Americans to vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 widened very quickly and is known to be considered as the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. He was standing on the balcony in front of his room and then all of a sudden he was shot. James Earl Ray was convicted and sentenced 99 years in prison. -
The 14th Amendment is passed.
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. It greatly expanded the protection of civil rights to all Americans. -
Congress passes Civil Rights Restoration Act
The Civil Rights Restoration Act provided guidance to Federal Highway Administration field officals, and State highway agencies.
