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Match the location with its civil rights event.

1. Birmingham Students tried to integrate a school.
2. Washington, D.C. Demonstrations, boycotts, and sit-ins took place here.
3. Selma Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
4. Watts Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech was made here.
5. Little Rock Police attacked peaceful marchers outside this city.
6. Montgomery Terrible riots took place here in 1965.

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Birmingham: demonstrations, boycotts, and sit-ins. All these activities integrated the so-called Birmingham Campaign, as it was one of the most segregated cities in the US.

Washington D.C. : Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 in front of 250,000 supporters of the Civil Rights Movement. It constituted a direct claim for the end of racism

Selma: police attacked peaceful marchers outside this city. The march which was peaceful in the beginning is nowadays known as the Bloody Sunday.

Watts: terrible riots took place here in 1965. A roadside incident escalated to a conflict with police and ended up causing six days of unrest.

Little Rock: students tried to integrate a school. This conflict required the involvement of the Supreme Court that issued the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared segregated schools to be unconstitutional.

Montgomery: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the bus in 1956 and it gave rise to the Montgomery bus boycott.

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