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brown vs. board of education
Many cases come up because parents are suing schools for heavy segregation -
Supreme court ruling of Brown vs. Board of education
After much heated debate it is decided that having segregated schools is no longer acceptable -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and this leads to the bus boycott -
Little Rock 9
9 african american students try to attend an all white high school and get faced with racial slurs, the president have to send armed forces in to get them through the doors -
Sit In
College students sit at a "white only" counter to prostest inequallity, it starts a huge movement of sit ins everywhere -
Restoring peace in Birmingham
3,000 troops are sent to alabama to restore peace in the most segregated city in the U.S. -
March for Freedom
A quarter of a million peoople gather at the lincon memorial where Martin Luther King gives his famous "I have a dream" speech -
Church Bombing
A church is bombed in Alabama and four young girls are killed -
Civil Rights Act
Segregating public places is declared unconstitutional and there will no longer be seperate facilities -
Martin Luter King assassination
MLK is assassinated by a white man just before a new campaign is about to launch.
