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    Plessy V. Ferguson

    This case was a landmark constitutional law case. at the time it upheld racial segregation laws
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred when African American people would not ride public buses from 1955 to 1956. It all started when a African American Women named Rosa parks would not give up her seat to a white man, It started the uprising while Martin Luther King Jr. African American pastor became an American leader for the black community.