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It was a Supreme Court case to end segregation. 9-0 decision or unanimous. After the decision was made, videnceand riots broke out, with some schools closing.
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A 14 year old boy from Chicago. He went to Mississippi to visit family. He was then accused of whistling at a white lady. The white lady’s family made him carry a 75 pound cotton gin and beat him to death. He was accused of whistling at her inside of a store.
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Rosa park refused to move seats in the bus and she was then arrested.
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The SCLC was boycotts, marches and other forms of nonviolent protests and was for by the black community.
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Testing brown v board of education. 9 students were voted to undergo the test.
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4 college students sat down at the lunch counter at wodworths to be served. They were refused service.
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The student nonviolent committe was to direct actions against segregation and other ways of racism.
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Forbids employees and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race color, religion, sex and physical disability.
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Local police used whips and tear gas to attack hundreds of civil rights activists beginning a march from Selma Alabama to the state of capitol Montgomery.
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One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in US history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected public office.