CIVIL RIGHTS

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• Selma marche
• March 25th 1965
• They were fighting for voting rights
• Selma, Alabama

THE LITTLE ROCK NINE

• 1957
• They were fighting against segregation in public schools
• Little Rock, Arkansas

THURGOOD MARSHALL

• brown V board of education
• May 17th 1954
• He fought to end segragation in public schools
• Topeka Kansas

BAYARD AUSTIN

• March on Washington for jobs and freedom
• August 27th 1973
• The reason was to pass the civil rights act of 1964
• Washington, D.C..

ROSA PARKS

• Refused to get up and move to the back of the bus
• Sparked the bus boycott
• Was arrested for her acts for civil rights
• December of 1955
• Fought for black rights on the public bus