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Civil Rights Movement Photo by United Press International
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Brown vs the Board of Education - 1954 Made Segregation in Public Schools Illegal Photo by Unknown Photographer
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott – 1955-1956 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat Bus boycott begins Buses desegregated in 1956 Photo by Time/Life
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Sit-ins and the Greensboro Four - 1960 Four Black Students sat down at a segregated lunch counter Service was refused, but they stayed Sit-ins begin across the South Photo by The Greensboro Record
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Freedom Riders - 1961 Students ride buses through South to protest interstate segregation laws Riders face arrest and physical harm, but the rides continue Photo by United Press International
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March on Washington- 1963 Over 200,000 people rallied for Civil Rights & economic equality Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” Speech Photo from National Archives
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 Photo by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Brochure
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