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Court declared that state laws establishing schools that were public for black and white students to be unconstitutional
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White supremacist organizations that were founded in 1954. These organizations were most concentrated in south.
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Integrate schools with all deliberate speed. It explained how the U.S government would make sure the schools did de-segregate.
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Was murdered after white woman said she was offended by him in grocery store. He also became a huge icon for the civil rights movement.
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Didn't give her seat up on a white bus to a white passenger, and got arrested for it.This sparked the Montgomery Bus boycott, a struggle to desegregate the city buses.
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Rosa parks refused to surrender her seat to a white person, and Supreme Court declared Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregrated buses were unconstitutional.
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African American Civil Rights organization, first president was MLK, who had larger role in civil rights movement
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Mass movement of civil rights era, wanted desegration of entire community , resulted in jailing of over 1,000 African Americans in Albany and nearby areas.
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Rode interstate buses into segregated southern U.S due to court cases ruling that segregated public buses were unconstitutional buses.
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Surrounded first baptist church. Also, prompted court order by Judge Johnson leading to rules guaranteeing an end to segregation.
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No State may require racial segregation of interstate or intrastate transportation facilities.
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Assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza, by Lee Harvey Oswald
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Proclamation and executive order, would not permit extremists.
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Prevented sex descrimination and encouraged equal pay for all employees
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Assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, because he was a civil rights leader.
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Meant to prevent riots
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Birth of MLK's "I have a dream" speech, massive protest march on jobs and freedom.
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Register as many African voters as possible in Mississippi
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Abducted and murdured in Neshoba county, during civil rights movement. All were associated with CORE and COFO
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Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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Nonviolent protests meant to cause Woolworth department store to remove its racial segregation policy and succeeded.
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Shot before he was allowed to make a speech about his new organization, by Thomas Hagan.
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Protest marches by nonviolent activists.
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Prohibits racial discrimination.
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Bombed by segregationists, to retaliate against the success of Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Bombed by KKK, when he served as pastor
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Challenged police brutality against African American communities
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Court case that ended all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the U.S
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Among the most violent,causing the death of 43 people.
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Due to racial tensions, resulted in violent demonstrations
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Martin Luther King was staying in room 306, by James Earl Ray
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Assassinated at Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan
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Prohibits poll taxes, for federal elections.
