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1 Civil Rights Movement Photo by United Press International

2 Brown vs the Board of Education - 1954 Made Segregation in Public Schools Illegal Photo by Unknown Photographer

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Photo by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Brochure

8 Resources http://www.crmvet.org/ This Powerpoint Presentation was created for educational use only. Commercial use of the presentation or photographs may not be done without the permission of the copyright owners.


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