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Founding of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed to help eliminate racism and create equality for all colored people in the US. -
Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka
Separate educational facilities based on color were considared unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
She refused the bus drivers direction to move to the back of the bus in order to let a white person have her seat. -
March on Washington
Was a peaceful march designed to promote equality in the area of civil and economic rights for colored persons in the US. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Legally ended racial discrimination in the United States. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated discriminatory voting practices across the US.
