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Dream come true
March to In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave
his celebrated “I HAVE A DREAM” speech
to 250,000 supporters in Washington, DC.
Montgomery Calling on the government to help end

racial inequality, his plea led to the 1964
Civil Rights Act, which banned employers
from judging employees on their “color,
Black Americans MARCH for equality religion, or national origin.”

In the 1950s, racial segregation in the United States
discriminated against black people, separating them
from white people in housing, schooling, and public
services. The Civil Rights Movement used campaigns,
protests, and marches to bring about equality.

Bus boycott
A black seamstress from
Alabama triggered one of the
biggest moments in the Civil
Rights Movement in 1955 by
refusing to give up her seat on
a bus to a white man. ROSA
PARKS was arrested, but civil
rights campaigner Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. called for his
followers to boycott the bus
Parks on a bus after company. Segregation on
public transportation public transportation
segregation ended.
ended in 1956.
What came before…

Passed under President
ABRAHAM LINCOLN in Indian MAHATMA GANDHI held
1863, the Emancipation peaceful protests against British
Proclamation brought rule in India from the 1930s.
an end to slavery in the USA, Gandhi inspired Dr. Martin
but afterward many states Luther King, Jr. to stage non-
sought to limit its power. violent marches and speeches.
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