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President Truman signed executive order to end segregation
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After refusing to give up her seat, there was a year-long bus boycott against segregation in public transportation
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60 black Americans including MLK met in Georgia to coordinate nonviolent protests against racial segregation
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Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to protect voter's rights and the option to federally prosecute anyone who suppresses a voter
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President Johnson signed an executive order preventing discrimination or segregation against race, sex, color, religious affiliation, or national origin