Important Events in the Civil Rights Movement

. Lunch Counter Sit-ins

. Civil Rights Act of 1964

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. Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

According to this timeline, which event below should go in the blank provided?

A) Freedom Riders

B) Voting Rights Act

C) Montgomery Bus Boycott

D) Brown v. Board of Education

The Voting Rights Act would be the event that best fills the space indicated in the sequence leading to the rise of the civil rights movement. In addition, the bill was then signed by former President Lyndon Johnson in which its primary aim is to eliminate the barriers that hinders the African American citizens to vote.