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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
It was a Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Greensboro Sit-In Movement
Four guys stayed in their seats waiting for them to be served. -
University of Alabama Desegregated
The University of Alabama was desegregated on June 11, 1963. -
March on Washington (MLK)
The march on Washington was for jobs and freedom. 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. This was to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. also Martin Luther King said his “I Have A Dream” speech. -
Freedom Summer Project
It was a volunteer campaign launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
24th amendment
The 24th amendment made the poll taxes and taxes Illegal. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
it was signed in by the president Lyndon B. Johnson. Overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Watts Riots
It took place in the Watts neighborhood.
