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Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which states that there should be equal treatment for all people in the armed services without regard of race, color, religion, or national origin
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The Supreme Court rules on landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas agreed that segregation in public school is unconstitutional
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Emmett Till murdered for whistling at a white woman
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Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man
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a group of freedom riders attacked by an angry mob
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first black student, James Meredith, enrolled in the University of Mississippi
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MLK arrested during anti-segregation protest
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March on Washington and MLK delivers I have a Dream speech
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Malcom X shot to death
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MLK shot on a balcony of his hotel
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Americans have been celebrating Black history month since 1976. Gerald Ford extended it from a week to a month in 1976.
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Rosa Parks dies at 92
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Coretta Scott King dies of a stroke at 78
