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march on washington

"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." a famous line from a speech given by MLK himself in d.c..A highlight in the Black American civil rights movement.

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Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King .JR 

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that"

MLK the face of a civil rights movement or half of the movement. a man who believed in peaceful protest . This is shown on the montgomery bus boycotts. Which worked out great and helped with the oppression of the bus company .

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The little rock

In 1954 brown vs board of education passed a law declaring segregation in schools was illegal.The little rock 9 were the first African American students in a "all white school". This was not well received by the people in the area and they had to be protected by the police from constantly from attacks .

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“Power never takes a back step – only in the face of more power. ” Mlk's Magneto is the opposite in the cause believing that coexistence is not the solution. Joking the Black musim group at the start of his time as an activist. Later he would go on a pilgrimage of his religion(Islam ) . during the pilgrimage age his views changed getting him kicked out of the black Muslim group he ended creating his own group who believes in black and white and coexistence.

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"Change is the law of life" The 35th President of the United States of America . it was his idea to pass a civil rights .However there was no way to enforce this law.

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thurgood marshall

"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. The first black American to join he supreme court .Was also a black civil rights lawyer who helped destroy Jim crow laws .

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We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. -CJ.Earl warren. Court case That ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional .

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“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

helping kick off the Montgomery bus boycott

by refusing to give up her seat for white man.

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A movement lead by Martin Luther King .Jr against the Montgomery Bus company started after the events that happened to Rosa parks . Every support opted to walk instead of taking the bus.This greatly affect profits resulting in the movement being successful and the segregation on the busses coming to a end

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assassination of Malcolm x

In 1955/2/21 black activist leader Malcolm x was assassinated while giving a speech . He was killed by a member of his former group the black Muslims .They felt he was taking the spotlight cause he had created his own competing group

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Bloody Sunday

a protest blocked by Alabama state police

They were peaceful protesters , protesting the killing of Black civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson to help the passing of the 15th amendment . The police beat the protesters as they refused to back down .many were injured .

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freedom riders

During the civil rights movement some black and white activist took a bus tour to the south to protest.they were constantly under attack from both people and police officers. they were often arrested for what they believed ow ever there struggles did not go to waist as in 1961 "the Kennedy administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in interstate transit terminals".

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Civil rights act of 1964

Many civil rights leaders including Dr.king him self watched as Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The law helped solidify equal employment for all, limited the use of voter literacy tests and allowed federal authorities to ensure public facilities were integrated.

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Civil rights act 1957

After voting was prevented from being segregated many people tried to prevent the African Americans from voting.President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law. it prevented people from stopping them with jail time .This was the first major civil rights act .

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After the civil rights act of 1964 there were literacy test to once again denture black americans from voting."the new law banned all voter literacy tests and provided federal examiners in certain voting jurisdictions."

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Fair house act

Several days after MLKs assassination . this act was passed to stopall discrimination in housing . it was the last act passed during the civil rights era.