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Discrimination and Segregation
African Americans face discrimination throughout the US and they face segregation in public facilities -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme court ruled to desegregate schools -
Bus boycotts
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. African Americans Boycotted buses -
Crisis in Little Rock
Governor refuses to obey supreme court decision to desegregate central high school. President Dwight Eisenhower orders 101st US Army Airborne Decision and the nationalized Arkansas National Guard to escort nine African American students. -
Birmingham Campaign
Firemen used there hoses as weapons and turned them on peaceful protesters campaigning. -
16th street Baptist church bombing
A black church was bombed and four children were killed -
Civil rights act of 1964
it Outlawed segregation in public facilities and banned discrimination in employment based on a persons race, gender, religion, or nationality. -
Selma to Montgomery March
600 peaceful protesters tried to march to Montgomery from Selma to protest for voting rights but were stopped by state troopers and beaten. Many were severely injured. -
Voting act of 1965
The banning of tests and taxes to vote. -
Assassination of King
King was shot to death on April 4, 1968 by James Earl
