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Civil Rights Movement

During the mid-20th century, significant strides were made in the fight for equality and justice in the United States. Key legislative achievements like the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, along with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, marked monumental progress.

Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Key Events

Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
Birmingham Church Bombing
Watts Riots
Sit-Ins
Assassinations
Malcom X
March on Washington
Emmett Till Murder
Montgomery Bus Boycott

Accomplishments

Wages Improvements
Education Opportunities
Right to Vote

Activists

Bayard Rustin
A. Philip Randolph
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks

Legislation

Fair Housing Act of 1968
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1957

Conflicts

Bloody Sunday
Brown v. Board of Education
Freedom Riders

Presidents' Intervention

Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
Roosevelt