Civil Rights Review

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During which event did MLK give his famous I Have a Dream speech?

This made it illegal for state and local governments to pass laws causing racial discrimination in voting rights, such as poll taxes and literacy tests.

13 months protest of Rosa Parks' arrest, resulting in an end of segregation on city buses.

Which U.S. president sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to make sure 9 African American students could attend previously all white Central High School?

1954 Supreme Court decision that declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.

Because adults became unwilling to risk arrest, children were recruited to participate in nonviolent protests in this most-segregated of southern cities.

Why did many African Americans hesitate to speak out against discrimination?

Which event helped convince Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?