Civil rights timeline
Title: Civil rights timeline
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Civil rights timeline
Timeline
of the
American
Civil
Rights
Movement
1954
Brown v. Board of
Education
1954
Oliver
Brown v.
Board of
Education
of Topeka,
Kansas
In the 1950s,
school
segregation
was widely
accepted
throughout the nation. In fact, it was required by law in most southern
states. In 1952, the Supreme Court heard a number of school-segregation
cases, including Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. It decided
unanimously in 1954 that segregation was unconstitutional, overthrowing
the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson …
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Bloody Sunday received national attention, and numerous marches were
organized in response. Martin Luther King lead a march to the Selma bridge
that Tuesday, during which one protestor was killed. Finally, with President
Johnson's permission, Dr. King led a successful march from Selma to
Montgomery on March, 25. President Johnson gave a rousing speech to
congress concerning civil rights as a result of Bloody Sunday, and passed the
Voting Rights Act within that same year.
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