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Brown Vs Board of Education
The Brown case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, it inspired education reform everywhere and made changes to the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society. After the brown case, the nation made great strides toward opening the doors of education to all students. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-1956
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. The goal of this boycott was to have the busses integrated, and they finally were after a 381 day court hearing. -
Formation of the SCLC
the goals of the sclc were to end all forms of segregation. the leader was MLK -
Admission of Charalayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes into the University of GA
This was about two african americans attending the university of georgia, this was important because they were the first africant americans to go to UGA -
Freedom Riders
Africna Americans and whites trode together in various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws that enforced segregation. -
Albany Movemoent
Led by William G. Anderson, later on MLK and the SCLC became involved. Their goal was not reached, unfortunatly. -
March on Washington
A march for jobs that took place in Washinton D.C, with around 250,000 People attending, led by MLK -
Civil Rights Act
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, this was important because now the discrimination is illigal so people cant do it. President Johnson was the president to pass the law, despite Kennedy's death. -
Voting Rights Act
Gave African American men the right to vote, President Johnson put it into place, it was importnant because it gave african americans the right to vote -
Assassination of MLK
He was a MAJOR role in the movement because he was the leader through everything and he thought all good things for everyone of all races to be integrated. RIP to him he was missed and still strongly is
