10 Interesting Fact About The history and significance of the Civil Rights Movement

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• Civil Rights Movement is a movement that struggles for legal and political rights for all people in the United States, especially African-Americans, who were previously not recognized.
• In 1954, the Supreme Court decided on the Brown V case. Board of Education which determines that separate schools are not the same in law.
• In 1955, Rosa Parks, African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to stand for white passengers on the Montgomery bus. This causes the Montgomery bus boycott which lasts for 381 days.
• In 1957, the US Congress passed the 1957 Civil Rights Law, which allowed the US Department of Justice to oversee the election and protect civil rights.
• In 1964, the US Congress passed the 1964 Civil Rights Law, which prohibited racial discrimination in unemployment, housing, education, and public services.
• In 1965, the US Congress passed the 1965 Civil Rights Law, which increased civil rights for African-Americans.
• In 1968, the US Congress passed the 1968 Civil Rights Law, which allowed the US Department of Justice to oversee the election and protect civil rights.
• In 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. Killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
• In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson formed the Presidential Commission for civil rights to promote civil rights.
• In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a civil rights law that endorsed civil rights for everyone in the United States.