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President Truman signs an order that people from any race or national origin can fight in the armed forces.
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Army High Command announces it will desegregate the army.
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Reverend George w. lee is killed in benzoli mississippi
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Emmitt till a black kid from chicago was in mississippi and murdered for whistling at a white girl
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NAACP member Rosa Parks refused to give up her sat and move to the back of the bus. She went to jail and was trialed. Her lawyer was none other than martin luther king jr
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the montgomery bus system no longer had the blacks sit in the back of the bus
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Black students go to High school in little rock arkansas and president eisenhower sent the 101st airborne to guard them from harrassment and other threats.
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the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee is created at shaw university providing young blacks a place in the civil rights movement.
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President eisenhower signed the civil rights act of 1960 which made it illegal to attempt to stop blacks to vote or register to vote