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State the significance of each:

Freedom rides
The freedom rides started violence on buses in order to get the attention of the govnerntment to enforce the law about not having buses segregated. After bombings and much violence and arrests they finnally got the attention of the government and had 400 US marshals come and protect them on thier ride

March on Birmingham
The March on Birmingham was a nonviolent protest in an area of people who were very aginst desegregation. During the protest Martin Luther King Jr. was put in jail. Here he wrote a letter to white religous leaders who thought he was pushing to hard. Also Childeren marched in this and were attacked by dogs and by police officers, this sight was put on the television and shocked many viewers, and helped make people more aware of the violence comming from segregation

Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights act of 1964 banned most discrimination in employment ans public accomidations. It also gve the federal government greater power to protect voting rights and to speed up school desegregtion. It set up the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ensure fair treatment in employment.

24th Amendment
The 24th amendment got rid of poll taxes, making it so poor people could vote to.
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election . . . shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.”

March on Selma
The March on Selma showed the violence that was being put on African Americans on television and lead to a new Voting Rights Act.

Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 got rid of all literacy tests and made it so federal officals could enroll any voters who were denied voting rights by local officals.