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Discrimination
African Americans faced discrimination everywhere in United States -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
In Topeka, Kansas, Reverend Oliver Brown sued the state for right to send his daughter to a white neighborhood school rather than a black school much farther away. -
Bus Boycotts
Refuses to give up her seat, sparking protests... bus boycotts -
Crisis in Little Rock
school became desegregated and Afrcan americans needed military help -
16th street Baptist church bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacistterrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacistterrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama -
Civil Rights
Outlawed segregation in public facilities and banned discrimination work -
Salma to Montgomery march
600 peaceful protesters tried to march to Montgomery from to protest their voting rights but were violently stopped by state troopers, many of the protesters were severely injured -
Voting Act
allowed African Americans right to vote -
Birmingham Campaign
Fireman used their powerful hoses as weapons and turned them on peaceful protesters
