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The Emancipation Proclamation
It was issued by President Lincoln which said that enslaved people in the conference territory to be free -
Leaders
An african american labor leader names phillip randolph called for the creation of the March on Washington to protest racial discrimination. It was cancelled due to President Franklin issuing an Executive Order 8802 which banned racial discrimination in defense industries -
Brown v. Board of Education
This declared racial segregation in the schools -
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Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks led the Montgomery Bus Boycott after she rushed to give up her seat for a white man -
Congress of Racial Equality
They organized something called Freedom Rides which challenged segregation on transportation since mainly African Americans were the ones who were taking public transportation -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous letter after being imprisoned along with other African Americans who were involved with Civil Rights protests -
President Kennedy’s Speech
He delivers his Civil Rights speech saying that there would be a comprehensive Civil Rights bill -
Signing of Civil Rights Act
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin