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The Civil Rights Movement

By caleb.mack@comcast.net

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    This court case that declared that separate schools for blacks and whites was unconstitutional. After the case, Thurgood Marshall became the 1st African-American to serve in the Supreme Court.

  • Albany Movement

    Albany Movement
    This was a movement in Albany, GA. The purpose was to desegregate transportation, but it went even broader. It resulted in a failure.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 250,000 people in a movement at Washington, D.C. This is where he gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. The purpose was to convince the government to pass a Civil Rights Act.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    After the March on Washington, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress to pass a law that banned segregation. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, and Jim Crow Laws were destroyed for good.