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#1
Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which states, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
#2
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and got arrested -
#3
The sit-in begins with 4 black people -
#4
during the spring and summer, student volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities, which includes bus and railway stations. -
#5
Jamers Merdith becomes the first black citizen to enroll in the university of Mississippi -
#6
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala
