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1960s civil rights movements was a start of ending desegregation which was supported by
•Martin Luther King Jr. With his I have a dream speech
•Malcolm X who was similar to Martin
•Thurgood Marshall who was associated with the justice of the Supreme Court

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The events leading up to the Civil Rights era included the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.

The 13th Amendment ended slavery.
The 14th amendment granted African Americans citizenship.
The 15th amendment gave African American males the right to vote.

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March on Washington was one of the first large achievements for the movement. On 1963 over 200,000 peaceful protester marched to the capital. This event is known for Marin Luther Kings famous speach "I Have a Dream"

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Mostly taking place in the south, the people involved in the Civil Rights movement only contributed in non-violent ways.

The image below is an example of a sit in. A sit in is a non-violent act meant to disobey the segregation laws.

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The civil rights happened in the mid 1950s and 1960s. During that time it was segregation between white people and African Americans

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The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's was meant to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans.

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Justin Laidlaw- The American Civil Rights movement was a series of protests that began in the early 1950's. Sit-ins, demonstrations, and boycotts were organized in favor of equal rights, for all African-American individuals, (Events like the Montgomery bus boycotts). It wasn't until 1964 that the Supreme Court ruled that discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin. The Ku Klux Klan or KKK, was a group of white supremicists founded in 1866, that aimed to prevent equal rights amound African Americans. They commited acts of terrorism, murder, rape, lynchings, and bombings to imtimidate African Americans. 

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Justin Laidlaw- The American Civil Rights movement was a series of protests that began in the early 1950's. Sit-ins, demonstrations, and boycotts were organized in favor of equal rights, for all African-American individuals, (Events like the Montgomery bus boycotts). It wasn't until 1964 that the Supreme Court ruled that discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin. The Ku Klux Klan or KKK, was a group of white supremicists founded in 1866, that aimed to prevent equal rights amound African Americans. They commited acts of terrorism, murder, rape, lynchings, and bombings to imtimidate African Americans. 