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Civil Rights
Civil Rights in America -
Brown vs Board of Education
landmark Supreme Court decision ruling against segregation, which overruled the 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson decision -
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, AL bus to a white passenger. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
supreme court rules that segregation on buses in Montgomery, AL is unconstitutional -
MLK, Jr.
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr begins speaking out for civil disobedience