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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court ruling that made segregation illegal in public schools. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till 14-year-old African American boy was murdered for speaking "fresh" to a white woman. The two men who were arrested for his murder were found not guilty by a jury. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery bus boycott began when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. That was the beginning a year-long bus boycott. It ended with the desegregation of the city buses. -
Little Rock 9 & School Integration
Nine African American students who were selected to attend Central HS in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. National attention was focused on the school. The President has to send in the 101st Army paratroopers to protect the students.