b. The NAACP won many legal battles regarding housing and education, the most famous was Brown v. Board of Education

b. When appealed to the Supreme Court it would be decided that this was indeed a violation of the 14th amendment and would mark an end to the "separate but equal" law in public schools. This would serve as a jump start to the Civil Rights Movement.

b. This was one of the earliest mass protests during the civil rights movement and would lead to the desegregation of public transportation. It would also emerge the leadership of MLK and set him as an important leader of the civil rights movement.

b. The Little Rock Nine showed that the U.S. would stand behind the decision to desegregate schools. in desegregating public schools, especially in the South.

b. CORE would pioneer the use of nonviolent direct action to organize the sit-ins, and Freedom Ride of 1961 and later help people get voter registration.

b. The SCLC played a major part in marches and protests such as the March on Washinton, it is also significant for antidiscrimination and voter-registration efforts throughout cities in the South.

b. The SNCC would participate in several major civil rights event including the Freedom Rides and would have a primarily focus on voter registration campaigns.

b. It would draw attention to the segregation problem and would spread to 20 different states, also leading to desegregation of many local businesses.

b. Freedom Rides would gather a lot of attention and would force policy changes, after a partially failed attempt because of all the violence from Washington D.C. to Jaskson, Mississippi, it would force the ICC to rule the segregation on interstate buses and facilities were illegal.

b. United States Marshals were sent in to protect Meredith because of the riot that started on the night he arrived in the school, and with his admission the University of Mississippi as the first black student it would be a path way that other African-American students to follow.

b. This effort would force desegregation in Birmingham and would pave the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

b. This act enforced and established desegregation laws everywhere, including school, works, restaurants, voting etc.

b. The march would lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 being passed, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

b. This allowed all people to vote regardless of race and outlawed literacy tests in further legislation.

b. Prohibits poll taxes and would allow for anyone one to vote including African American and not allowing places to put "loopholes" that would prevent a certain demographic of people from voting but also technically allowing everyone to vote.

b. Malcolm X would use his oratory skills and charisma to help gain the organization new followers, he would also oppose MLK's nonviolent approach to the civil rights movement, instead emphasizing the idea of Black power and Black defense.

b. It was the era's most influential militant black power organization that would confront politicians, challenge police, and protect black citizens from brutality.

b. The assassination would start major outbreaks of racial violence resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage. It would also surge the support of Black Power Movement and memberships to the Black Panther party and other groups would increase.