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It was in 1954 that the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its order for desegregation. President Dwight David Eisenhower sent the U.S. Army out in 1957 to assist U.S. Marshals in enforcing the order. It took a bit of time for the full effect of the order to be felt throughout the south.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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The African Americans start a boycott for Rosa parks.
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when a federal ruling, Browder v. Gayle, took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. Many important figures in the civil rights movement took part in the boycott, including Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.
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In spring of 1960, Ruby Bridges was one of 6 black children in New Orleans to pass the test that determined whether or not the black children would go to the all white school.
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King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
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Civil Rights Bill of 1964 bans segregation in the workplace and public accommodations.
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Shortly after repudiating the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three of its members.
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A wave of inner city riots in black communities from 1964 through 1970 undercut support from the white community. The emergence of the Black Power Movement, which lasted from about 1966 to 1975
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Martin luther king jr. is shot outside of his hotel and rushed to the hospitol but dies
