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These were state and local laws that legalized racial segregation.

Jim Crow Laws

This act was passed by President Johnson in 1965.

Voting Rights Act

He was the president during the March on Washington.

John F. Kennedy

This memorial honors the president who helped to end slavery in the U.S.

Lincoln Memorial

In 1954, this was ruled illegal in public schools.

segregation

She was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white person.

Rosa Parks

This city was known as the most segregated U.S. city in 1963.

Birmingham, Alabama

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in this city.

Memphis, Tennessee

African Americans did this to public buses in 1955.

boycott

He was the youngest speaker at the March.

John Lewis

This is the nation's oldest civil rights group.

NAACP

"I Have a Dream" is his most famous speech.

Martin Luther King Jr.