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Brown VS. Board Of Education

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that seperating children in public schools based on theier skin color was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in schools of the US, overrulling "Separate but equal" Blacks don't get the same education and treatment as the whites do.

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Birmingham, 1963

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A significant event that happened in Birmingham of 1963 was the children on the Burmingham schools left early to peacefully protest against segregation. In return, police sent them to jail, hit them with fire hoses, and sent their attack dogs to them. But afterwards, people of the south began to realize how bad racism and how the cops treated Black people.

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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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In 1955, Parks rejected a bus driver's order to leave a row of four seats in the "colored" section once the white section had filled up, Blacks move to the back of the bus. When the white rows of seats were full, A white person ask Rosa to move but Rosa rejected giving up her seat. Later Rosa gets arrested, so citizens peacfuly protest for No segregation on busses from not riding them.

The Freedom Riders

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The Freedom Riders was an event that happened in the year 1961, where a group of Civil Rights activists/the NAACP, peacefully protesting against segregation on interstate buses. But as they were riding the bus the bus, the Klu Klux Klan lit the bus on fire. In return, they finally ended segregation on interstate buses.

act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, that began on February 1, 1960. The waiters would not serve black people if they sat on the counters. So, one day a group of Black collage students decided to sit on the counter every single say until they start serving the Blacks. This went on the article and it started to spread into a lot of different places. Other Black people felt inspired and started to do the same.

Greensboro Sit-ins

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March to Washington

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The March to Washington was a huge event that happened in 1963. Martin Luther King jr, NAACP, and other protestors took part in this peacful prtest. What happened was MLK jr told his well-known 'I have a dream' speech in front of thousands of people about ending segregation. This speech and event become extremely well known, and made people realize the Civil Rights movement was a positive impact for America.