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Civil Rights Timeline: Put the following items in chronological order.

Civil Rights Timeline: Put the following items in chronological order. Medgar Evers is assassinated in Jackson, MS. The 24 th Amendment abolishes the poll tax as a requirement to vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed by Congress.

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Civil Rights Timeline: Put the following items in chronological order.

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  1. Civil Rights Timeline: Put the following items in chronological order. • Medgar Evers is assassinated in Jackson, MS. • The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax as a requirement to vote. • The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed by Congress. • Brown v. Board of Educationis decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. • Edgar Ray Killen is convicted for his role in the murders in Neshoba County. • James Meredith enrolls in Ole Miss. • Byron de la Beckwith is found guilty of the murder of Medgar Evers. • Emmett Till is murdered in Money, MS. • Three civil rights workers are killed in Neshoba County, MS, during Freedom Summer. • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed by Congress.

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