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The Murder of Emmett Till
A young man from Chicago was brutally murdered in Mississippi for been accused of "flirting" with a white woman. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest against the racial segregation on buses in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine students from Little Rock Central High School who fought for their right to go to school. -
Greensboro Sit-ins
A series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Freedom Riders
A group of civil rights activisits who rode segregated buses in the South -
Children's March
A march of hundreds of students in Birmingham, Alabama -
March on Washington
One of the largest political rallies in U.S history, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech "I have a Dream." -
Mississippi Burning
The killings of three civil right workers.
