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Brown vs Board of Education
The Supreme Court rules a landmark cases Brown vs Board of education un animously agreeing the segregation in public schools unconstitutional. the ruling paves the way to desegregation. the decision overturns the 1986 Plessy v Ferguson ruled santioned "seperate but equal." -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal evernt in the US, which was a political and socail protest campagn against the policy and a racial segregation on the public transit sysytem. this started with Rosa parks. During this blscks didnt use any transit systems, this was a way of fighting segregation and teying to get their way and being able to sit in any seat on the bus. -
Earliest Sit-in
In one the earliest sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement, the Royal Seven group pf three women and four men sat in at the Royal Ice Cream Parlor on June 23 1957 to protest against the practices of segregation. the atcivists were arrested and charged with trepassing. this was a way the\at blacks tried to break segregation. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. It took place in washington DC. Thousands of Americans headed tp Washingtpn on Tuesday August 27th 1963 then on Wednesday Martin Luther King Jr. in front of the Lincoln Memorial delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating the racial harmony shpuld previal upon the march. -
Civil Rights Act
President Johnson signs the Civil Right of 194.The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimantion of all knds based on race, color, religion, or natural origin. The laww also provides the federal government wiht the powers to enforce desegregation which is a big advantage for blacks. -
Voting Rights Act
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easiers for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to rstrict black voting are made illegal. Is important because was a big step in desegregatng the society and let them vote for what they thought was right. -
Loving vs Virginia
In Loving vs Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that porhibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time are forced to revise their laws. this was another thing going on during the Civil Rights Movement, it was giving not just monorties freedom. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine motel in Memphis Tennense on April 4th 1968 at the age of 39. James Earl ray was arrested and charged with ths crime.This is improtant to know because it chaged the way the blacks carried out the Civil Rights Movement, the no longer had a leader to go by.
