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Fair Deal
ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman -
Brown V Board of Education
united States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutiona -
Mongomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King Jr. organized the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955, -
Greensboro Four
series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, -
March on Washington
the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans. -
Civil Rights act 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex -
Selma March
, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment -
Thurgood MArshall appointed by LBJ
first african amercian supreme court justice
