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1978 BCE
plessy vs Ferguson
plessy was a man that attempted to sit in an all white rail road car after refusing to move to the black rail way car he was arrested for violating a Louisianan state law -
1978 BCE
Montgomery bus boycott
they protested and wouldn't ride the buses till they made the buses un segregated -
1978 BCE
the sit ins
1960, 4 black males sat at an all white lunch counter -
1978 BCE
24th amendment
in 1964 they abolished tax to vote -
1978 BCE
brown v. board of education of Topeka
1954 court case got rid of segregated schools -
1978 BCE
civil rights act of 1967
made public segregation illegal -
1978 BCE
voting right of act of 1965
protesters attacked to to get rid of all literacy test for the right to vote -
1978 BCE
little rock
the govern didn't want the school to be segregated at all he did not want blacks in the school at all so the president had to convince him the president finally convinced him and the schools where segregated again. but the children had to be escorted around the school by us army forces so they can be safe -
1961 BCE
freedom rides
in 1961 black protesters took bus rides using white restroom doors
