SEGREGATION in the USA

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From the 1930's to the 1960's

In public places

Restaurants, schools,cinemas, etc.

In buses, Blacks were at the back and whites at the front

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Separation of Coloured and White people

Rosa Parks

She refused segregation on a bus In Alabama

Her action led to a boycott of buses

the boycott lasted 381 days

Martin luther King Jr

The leader of the Civil Rights Movement

He defended the rights of African Americans

He had nonviolent methods

He asked for a boycott of buses