Sunday, May 4, 2014

Civil Rights

 Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ; this was a very important Supreme Court Case having to deal with segregation and public schools. This was important to the Civil Rights movement because it ended racial segregation in schools.

The 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott: It was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional. It was significant to the civil rights movement it was another step forward to ending the racial segregation in public places.

The 1957-1958 Little Rock School Crisis: Nine African Americans were attempted to be intergrated into an all white school due to the Brown v. Board of Education case. It was significant to the Civil Rights movement because the government were slowly changing laws making it where people of color were getting more equal rights.

The 1963 March on Washington: Was the largest demonstration seen in the Nation's capital. The significance of this march was to peacefully protest on the injustice and police brutality that was being brought again people of color. They were fighting for equal rights and laws.

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