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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools was a violation. This landmark ruling overturned the "separate but equal" belief, driving the momentum of ending racial segregation and civil rights activism across the U.S.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses to protest segregated seating. The movement was led by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., this boycott lasted over a year and ended with a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
It demonstrated the power of harmless protest and mass action, and exciting the civil rights movement.