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The Freedom Riders challenged this status quo by riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation in seating. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the American Civil Rights Movement.

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This prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation's benchmark civil rights legislation, and it continues to resonate in America.

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She devoted over 50 years of her life to the cause of woman suffrage. She worked to change restrictive voting laws and to empower women. She traveled across the country country giving speeches, gathering many signatures on petitions, & lobbying Congress every year. For example, she actually casted a ballot for the 1872 election & was arrested and convicted of illegally voting.

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He organized and led many marches for things such as Blacks' right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, & other basic civil rights. One of the biggest marches he organized was "The March on Washington for Job and Freedom". This attracted around 250,000 people to rally for the civil and economic rights of Black Americans in the nation's capital. This is when Dr. King gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech".

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This act required that men & women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. At the time women were being paid less than the men even though they were working the same jobs. This started a wave of more equality for women not just in job & pay but many other aspects.

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Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by being the first African American to play baseball in the MLB. This was one of the first times seeing this acceptance for other races in sports. After this he became a well known advocate for racial equality.