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Brown v. Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down racially segregated schools as unconstitutional in its landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling. African American children in Topeka , Kanas were denied access to all - white schools due to rules allowing for separate but equal facillities. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an activist in the African American Civil Rights Movement, who became famous when on december 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to give up her seat. She was born on February 4, 1913 and died on October 24, 2005. -
Sit - in
This event stopped segregation for african Americans in whites only restuarants. sit- ins are a direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social or economic change.
