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began boycott and Civil Rights Movement
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beginning protest of the Civil Rigths Movement
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encouraged him to develop passionate style in his BAM works
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MLK's protest and famous speech
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outlawed discrimination, but enforcement was difficult at first
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rioting after protests to suspend a police officer were unsuccessful
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peaceful Selma to Montgomery protesters attacked by police and state troopers, emotional peak of Civil Rigths Movement. After this event there was change in public opinion, people began viewing segregationist movement almost as a terrorist movement
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outlawed the discriminatory practices which prevented many black people from voting
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reaction in Los Angeles against arrest of a man who was accused of drunk driving,his mother and brother were arrested after arguing with police, took place six days, 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, $40 million in property damage
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after March Against Fear, protest against racism where organizer was shot. Stokely Carmichael coined the term Black Power in a speech in response to the killing
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this event, along with Watt's Riots, caused the formation of the Black Panther Party
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formed in Oakland to protect black community from police injustice
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caused by police raid of an illegal bar, lasted eight days, 43 dead, 467 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed
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called for African-American country within the South
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riots broke out across the country as a reaction to the assassination of MLK Jr.
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started New York City teachers' strike of 1968
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caused when predominately black school board of Ocean Hill–Brownsville abruptly dismissed teachers and adminstrators, almost all white and Jewish. strike causes growing tension between African Americans and Jews
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FBI Director described the party as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country"