The civil rights movement in the United States was a long struggle to end racial segregation and discrimination against Black Americans. Its landmark moments included the Supreme Court's ruling against school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, sit-ins, the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington in 1963. Leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, John Lewis and many local organizers used nonviolent protest, and they were met with violent resistance in the South. Their efforts led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and to the Fair Housing Act after King's assassination in 1968.
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- 1954Geneva Conference
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- 1 January 1954Establishment of Niokolo-Koba National Park
- 1954Establishment of W National Park
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