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Fair Deal
Gave Truman the ability to desegregate the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ends segregation in public schools. -
Rosa Parks
A woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. She was later arrested. This led to the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Little Rock Nine
Eisenhower sends troops hesitantly to integrate public schools. -
Greensboro 4
Four students from North Carolina A&T University sits at a whites only lunch counter. -
Freedom Riders
Buses were bombed by the KKK. -
March on Washington
MLK gave his "I have a dream speech". -
Civil Rights Act 1964
LBJ signs Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public places. -
Selma March
Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.This was also known as "Bloody Sunday". -
Voting Rights Act 1965
LBJ signs Voting Rights Act ending literacy test. -
Thurgood Marshal was Appointed by LBJ
Thurgood Marshal was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. -
A Leader Dies
MLK was assassinated on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
