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Key Events of the American Civil Rights Movement

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    American Civil Rights Movement

  • Brown Vs Board of Education

    Brown Vs Board of Education
    Mr.Brown Did not want his daughter to walk 1 mile to school when there ws a school right next to his house,, but it was a all white school. So he went to court and the supreme court said it is unconstatutional to separate but equal so then schools all around the us started combining colord kids with whites in schools.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was when a african american woman refused to give up her seat to a white man causing comotion around the USA. The following year December 20, 1956 supreme court said " act of unconstatutional law " making equal rights for african american bus riders
  • Central High School and the " Little Rock Nine "

    Central High School and the " Little Rock Nine "
    The " Little Rock Nine " was a group of nine african american students that enrolled in a Arkansas High School. The school was previously all white so those nine african americans where the first there.
  • Greensboro Sit-ins

    Greensboro Sit-ins
    The greensboro sit-ins were four men who were refused to be served
    " only whites " these men leaded protests to let all people be served equally.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Freedom riders were civil right activist that drove buses into the southern United States in 1961. Public but different buses were ruled unconstatutional.
  • March on washington DC " I have a dream speech"

    March on washington DC " I have a dream speech"
    This speech was deliverd because it had been "100 years after the civil war and blacks still dont have equal rights". This speech is supposodly the speech that freed blacks
  • Civil Rights Act 1964 Passed

    Civil Rights Act 1964 Passed
    This was a act of Civil rights that would give blacks more freedom and experiance of life.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
    This was a act that gave blacks a right to vote for american government.
  • Selma to Montgomery March

    Selma to Montgomery March
    This was a Protests of violence lasting from March 7-25. This was a act of anger from african americans on there voting/civil rights although the law had been passed there was still issiues between the two races.