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March for equality. One of the largest political rallies.
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Nine black kids attend Centeral high school. IN Little Rock Alabama. Start of integration.
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the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and riots surrounding the incident cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops.
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Writes his "Letter from BIrmingham Jail"
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Four girls Addie Mae Collins Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson, attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb goes off.
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Racial harmony should prevail from the march,
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outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public.
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Devistated the Black community. Their leader was killed. He was going to go on a march.
