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Brown Vs Board of Education
Brown Vs the Board of Education was a set of 5 appeals that challenged the rights of blacks being segragated in public schools -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride the buses to protest against segragated buses -
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Little Rock 9
Was an event where 9 african american students attended a school and it was a test of Brown Vs Board of Education, they were denied entry and the cops escourted them to safety, a while later the president sent troops down to let them in the school -
Sit in Movements
This was a movement where African Americans would refuse to leave stores after being denied service -
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Freedom Riders
The freedom riders were Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to challenge Supreme court not enforcing their decisions -
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Mississippi Riot
Segregationists were protesting the enrollment of James Meredith, a black US military veteran, at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi -
Birmingham Demonstrations
Movement started by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where authorities used brutality in a peaceful march -
March on Washington
A march where African americans marched to the white house, the purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
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Selma to Montgomery Marches
This was a series of 3 marches along the 54 mile highway from Selma to Montgomery