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How Did The Board Of Education Influence The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movement was an attempt by African-Americans to end racism and secure equal rights. The movement went on for decades and although there were many events that helped shape the movement, some were more crucial than others. First came the case of Brown v. Board of Education. This case came to be after Oliver Brown filed a class-action suit against the Board of Education after his daughter was denied admission into an all whites school. Before this ruling it was declared that the segregation of public schools was legal as long as they offered equal education, “separate but equal”. In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against racial segregation of children in public schools. Thus, shaping the way for the Civil Rights Movement. …show more content…

The boycott began days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white male. It lasted from December 5, 1955 to December 29, 1956 and it was the first substantial manifestation against segregation. Initially the people only asked for fair and courteous treatment, but be that as it may a group of women ultimately filed a lawsuit against the city demanding for an end to the segregations laws. Finally on June 5, 1956 the court deemed racial segregation on public transportation in violation of the 14th Amendment. The year 1960 was followed by a series of non-violent protests held by students in the form of sit-ins. It began when four African-American students from North Carolina were refused service at a lunch counter; in effect they continued to visit the establishment sitting quietly, unresponsive to violent attacks. The movement spread rapidly and was followed by sit-ins in various states throughout the South, all with the same aim of ending racial

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