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After world war two, African Americans and other civil rights supporters challanged segregation in the United States. Their efforts were vigorously opposed by Southern segregationists, but the federal government began to take a firmer stand for civil rights.

Martin Luther King and malcolm x were two major leaders of the civil rights act. They believed that they should have the same rights as white people and be treated the same as anyone else. MLK protested non violently and Malcolm X believed that they would get no where by having peaceful protests and that they needed to be radical. The brown vs. board of education ruling ignited protest and encouraged African Americans to challenge other forms of segregation. Dr. King was assassinated on april 4, 1968. soon after congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968.