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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Several pivotal figures and events played significant roles in the American civil rights movement. Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer and Supreme Court justice, worked tirelessly against segregation and contributed to drafting significant legal documents.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act

Martin Luther King Jr.

Member of the NAACP
"I Have a Dream" speech on the steps iof the Linclon Memorial
Was apart of bus boycott
Was a Baptist Minester
Worked with Rosa Parks to stop segregation

John F. Kennedy

Medger Evers death made him pass laws on racial discrimination
Wanted to stop segregation in southern states
Was a big believer in Civil Rights for all Americans
Was a president of the United States of America

Rosa Parks

Was a memeber of the NAACP
Part of the bus Boycott
Did not give up her bus seat to a White person
Was honored the Presidential Award of Freedom in 1996
Worked with Martin Luther King Jr.in stopping Segregation

Medger Evers

His death made Jonh F. Kennedy make laws against racial discriminaton
he worked with black and white people to stop segregation
Was a member of the NAACP
One of the first people to work in stopping segregation

Little Rock 9

Needed body gaurds and protection for from protesters at the school
Only eight graduated the school, for one was exspelled
Parents pulled their white children out of the school for being with black children
The first 9 black kids to go to a all white high school in Little Rock , Arkansas

Thurgood Marshall

Was a laywer and worked on a famous caes for the Supreme Court called,Plessy vs. Ferguson
Helped draft a constitution for the United Kingdom and Nations
Wanted to stop segregation
Member of NAACP