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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent North Vietnam and models his declaration on the American Declaration of Independence of 1776
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This boycott was born after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., to a white male passenger
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This movement protested the segregation policies in Albany,
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The goal of the Birmingham campaign was to end discriminatory economic policies in the Alabama city against African American residents.
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This was the largest political rally for human rights ever in the United States. protest for jobs and freedom for African Americans
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This march went down in history as Bloody Sunday for the violent beatings state troopers inflicted on protesters as they attempted to march peacefully from Selma, Ala., to the state capital, Montgomery. The march was aimed at fighting the lack of voting rights for African Americans.
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The Chicago Open Housing Movement, also called the Chicago Freedom Movement, was formed to protest segregated housing, educational deficiencies, and employment and health disparities based on racism
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Many groups and individuals vehemently opposed the Vietnam War in the massive peace movement of the 1960s and 70s. King compared the antiwar movement to the civil rights movement and denounced U.S. involvement in a series of speeches, rallies and demonstrations. His first public speech against the war, called Beyond Vietnam
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The goal of the Poor People’s Campaign was to gain more economic and human rights for poor Americans from all backgrounds. A multicultural movement, the campaign included Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans and whites along with African Americans
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North and South Vietnam are formally unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under hardline communist rule.