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Fair Deal
This desegregates military -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ends Segregation in Public Schools -
Bus Boycott
A woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man -
Little Rock Nine
9 black students were allowed to go to Little Rock Central High School (all white school). -
Greensboro 4
Four students from North Carolina A&T University sat inside a restaruant and ate. This caused a lot of trouble for them. -
Freedom Riders
Fight to end segregation in interstate travel -
March on Washington
200,000-300,000 people attented this movement. This was led by Martin Luther King Jr and this is were he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public places -
Selma March
Martin Luther King led this as a peaceful protest. This is known as Bloody Sunday. Alabama's governor saw this as a threat and he called the police to stop it. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
President L. Johnson signs Voting Rights Act ending literacy test -
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshal was the first African American Supreme Court Justice -
Martin Luther King Jr Dies
He was assassinated while in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray pled guilty to avoid the death penalty by electrocution.
