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The court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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An activist in the Civil Rights movement, best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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While speaking at a meeting that had been organized to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin Luther Kings house was bombed.
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The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High school.
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Students would set in restaurants and patiently wait to be served, and no matter the consequence, they would take the punishments. whether it was having food thrown at them or being beaten.
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Martin Luther Kings speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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An act of white terrorism which occured at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Martin Luther King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
