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Plessy V. Ferguson
Established the idea of "separate but equal"
essentially legalized segregation by law and custom -
NAACP formed to put a stop to segregation
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the lawyer for the NAACP
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The Sit-Ins
CORE's first peaceful protest- a sit-in. -
The Brown decision
The Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka.
At the end of this case, The segregation between schools was declared unconstitutional. -
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
After the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans boycotted the buses until segregation ended there. this was effective because around 95%of their passengers were black. -
The Little Rock Nine
Nine colored students were allowed to enroll into an all-white school following a lawsuit,in which they were prohibited from entering Little Rock Central High school by the Governor of Arkansas. -
The March on Washington
A march on Washington for the Dream of equality -
24tn Amendment
This made it illegal to charge people a tax in order to vote
TL,DR: poll tax bad -
Civil rights act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination by race, religion or gender -
De jure vs De facto segregation
De Jure segregation was by law;
De Facto segregation was by custom -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Made Literacy Tests for voting illegal -
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The Salem to Montgomery Marches
Three protest marches occurred where people walked along the 54-mile highway that connected Selma and Montgomery in Alabama
