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Civil Rights Movement (1950s–1960s)

Overview of major events, leaders, and laws advancing African American rights

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Thurgood Marshall

NAACP lawyer who fought segregation cases

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Earl Warren

Chief Justice who supported civil rights decisions

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Brown v Board of Education (1954)

Supreme Court case ending school segregation

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Little Rock 9

First black students integrated Arkansas school with federal protection

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Emmett Till (1955)

Teen whose murder highlighted racial violence

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Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–56)

Mass protest led by MLK against bus segregation

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Sit-ins & Freedom Rides

Nonviolent protests against segregated public spaces

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Birmingham (1963)

Bull Connor used force on protestors

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March on Washington (1963)

Major protest where MLK gave “I Have a Dream”

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George Wallace

Blocked integration at University of Alabama

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Civil Rights Act (1964)

Ended segregation and discrimination legally

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Voting Rights Act (1965)

Protected voting rights for African Americans

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Malcolm X & Black Panthers

Represent more radical civil rights phase