| A | B |
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| Brown vs. Board Education | 1954 court case ruled "separate but equal" for education of blacks was unconstitutional |
| Freedom Rides | black people who rode on segregated buses in the South - helped end segregation |
| Birmingham protest marches | demonstrators attacked, forced to desegregate by JFKennedy - Civil Rights bill written |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | boycott of Alabama buses/Rosa Parks arrested |
| James Meredith sues Univ. of Miss. | court case uphold's African American - Meredith's right to attend Univ. |
| March on Washington | famous speech given by M.L.King - "I have a dream" march to get Civil Rights bill passed |
| Selma March | march in Alabama for voting rights act |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Act outlaws literacy tests in order to vote |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | place where desegregation of white schools took place |
| "sit-ins" | protesters for civil rights>sat on lunch counters in restaurants |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | made "separate but equal" constitutional |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Act made it illegal to ban any race from public places |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | ended use of literacy test as requirement for voting |
| Martin Luther King Jr.'s beliefs | nonviolent protest, equality for people of all races |
