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Topic.14 The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement began in 1950 when the Supreme Court heard Brown v. Board of Education, a case challenging racial segregation in public schools. In 1954, the Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. However, desegregation progressed slowly over the following decades as southern states resisted. Events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 faced angry opposition but advanced the cause of civil rights. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr promoted nonviolent protest through tactics such as sit-ins and freedom rides to challenge Jim Crow laws across the South.
