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Brown vs Board of Education
This was when the court case was ruled. Thurgood Marshall was the plaintiff and argued that the black and white schools were unequal, which violates a clause of the 14th amendment. The Supreme Court ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional, which contradicted an earlier court case that ruled that segregation was legal. -
Rosa Parks
This was the protest that sparked the Civil Rights Movement into full swing. She was sitting in a seat on the bus, and a white person told her to move, she wouldn't. She was arrested and charged with violating the segregation laws. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Starts
This is the protest that resulted when Rosa Parks was arrested. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led this protest. He called for all black people to stay off the buses of Montgomery. This was a very effective protest because about three quarters of the bus riders were black. This protest lasted all the way until December 20, 1956. -
Indians Occupy Mount Rushmore
20 indians climbed Mount Rushmore and demanded that the Land Treaty of 1868 for the Sioux be honored. They occupied Mount Rushmore for 12 hours until they were arrested by park rangers. -
Lyndon B. Johnson Takes Presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) took presidency after the assassination of of John F. Kennedy. LBJ was very important in the Civil Rights Movement, he met with Martin Luther King Jr. on multiple occasions and he was able to get his laws passed through his experience as a politician. He was also the president that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was the law that was passed as a result of the Civil Rights Movement. The law states that no one can be discriminated against based on how they look or believe. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the voting rights act to eliminate unfair voting policies. These include literacy tests that needed to be taken before having the right to vote, this law removed them. -
Delano Grape Strike
Cesar Chavez organized the United Farm Workers to protest the wrongful treatment of the Latino farm workers. They were overworked and under paid. The protest lasted for over five years before they gained the victory when they reached the collective bargaining agreement. -
Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
Native American won their civil rights through much protesting. This law makes most of the laws in the Bill of Rights available to Native Americans. -
MLK's Assassination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee. He pleaded guilty in 1969 and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
