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Speech that is a representative of the civil rights movement.
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old African-American boy brutally murdered by two white men after "offending" a white woman in a grocery story. His case was very famous and garnered support for civil rights movements.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white male on a segregated bus and as a result, is arrested.
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
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Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy from a building overlooking the motorcade in Dallas TX.
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This act prevents the discrimination of anyone, regardless of race, religion, or sex.
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It prohibited segregation in public settings and made it illegal to discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, and religious views.
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First man landed on the moon
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A popular band broke up.
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Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th president of the United States, after the resignation of Richard Nixon.