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Brown v. Board of Education
In Topeka a girl is denied schooling for being African american, in an eventual supreme court case, education discrimination is found as unconstitutional. -
Rosa Takes A Stand
In 1955, Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to move from her spot in the front of the bus. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Following Rosa's arrest after standing up for her spot on the bus. Civil rights proponents stood up by boycotted the Montgomery city bus system. -
Browder V. Gayle
Following the bus boycotts there was a supreme court cased that eventually ended in discrimination on public transmit being declared unconstitutional. -
Martin Luther King Junior Assassination Attempt
While signing copies of his book in Harlem, King was stabbed by a woman who believed he was conspiring against America with the communists. -
Atlanta Sit-Ins
Following a visit of Martin Luther King Jr. to the Atlanta State campus their was a series of sit-ins throughout the city of Atlanta meant to combat segregation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Following years of protest and unrest, JFK finally urged the public and supreme court to pass an act that prohibited segregation -
Selection of Thoroughgood Marshall
In 1967 the first African-American supreme court justice was elected, and during his service he made serious and lasting contributions to civil rights. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated
Civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated outside of his hotel room. -
Stonewall Riots
Following illegal and brutal raids b police officers, patrons of the Stonewall Inn marched in protests for gay rights and against misuse of corporal punishment.