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Brown VS the Board of Education
It was during this supreme court ended segregation in public school. -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
When Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man, after that, they started the Boycotts. -
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
Martin Luther King jr. and his friends, Charles K. Steele and Fred J. Shuttlesworth established the SCLC. It became the reason of the civil rights movements. -
Sit ins
Four black students went sit ins in a restaurant to protest segregation in segregated food places. -
Freedom rides
This was the first freedom ride. Both black white students went on the freedom rides in bus and railway stations in the southern states. -
James Meredith
James Meredith was the first black student to be enrolled at the university of Mississippi. -
The Civil Rights acts
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. The act that prohibited discrimination of all kinds. -
March on Washington
About 200,000 people join the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial. Everyone listen as Martin Luther King gives his famous speech, "I have a dream". -
Affirmative action
President Johnson issues the Excutive Order 11246 which enforces affirmative action towards prospective minority employees. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther KIng Jr. was shot by James Earl Ray when he was standing outside his hotel room.
