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This law stated that publis facilities were to be segregated.
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The court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
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Little Rock High School slowly began integreating the school. That September 9 black children were going to school at an otherwise white school.
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Emmett Till was murdered for speaking to a white woman.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of the bus so a white person could sit there, This prompted African Americans to boycott the busses.
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African Americans were told to leave the lunchroom but refused, so they were arrested and sent to jail. Adults decided to boycott stores/ restaraunts as a result. This prompted the government to allow blacks to sit there now.
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The goal was to end segregation. However, that did not happen; as a result the jails in the city were filled with African Americans.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech to Americans about equality. He wanted there to be no more segregation in America.
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The Civil Rights Act created equality for African Americans.
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Prohibited discriminatory factors for voters,
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