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Issued by President Truman, stopped racial segregation in the armed forces.
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Declared seperate school for blacks & whites unconstitutional
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Rosa Parks is sitting in the middle of a public bus; however, if whites were standing due to a lack of seats, blacks were required to give them their seats and move to the back. Rosa Parks refused to do this and was arrested.
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James Meridith was the first black person to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and racial abuse caused President JFK to send 5,000 US troops
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Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.
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Black nationalist Malcolm X was shot dead. He was assasinated.
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Equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin.
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Rosa Parks found dead in detroit Michigan
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Coretta Scott King dies of a stroke at the age of 78
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African americans were given the right to vote
