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a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that made it where public facilities will be equal
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The major League Baseball sport was made equal and was integrated so that all races can play baseball
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The United states had finally made the military integrated and now all people of color are aloud to be in the same force as whites
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A Supreme Court Case that successfully challenged the separate but equal doctrine that was going on during the time.
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the banning of segregation in school because it was unconstitutional.
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A Civil Rights protest in which African Americans don't ride the buses
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a group of four African Americans protested their rights by doing sit-ins in only white restaurants
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A group of African American teens who started going to a white school and most whites were not happy.
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a federal civil rights legislation passed by the U.S.
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African Americans who were testing the supreme court decision that made segregated facilities for passengers illegal
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poll taxes were eliminated and would not be used for voting ever again.
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riots erupted on the campus, where local students and segregationists protested the enrollment of James Meredith
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John F. Kennedy deployed troops to enforce desegregation. The Governor George Wallace stood in front of the door so it cant be integretaed
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it was a protest for jobs, and freedom.this is the same march MLK Jr. spoke at, at the Lincoln Memorial
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the president was riding through Dallas when suddenly he was shot in the head.
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it prohibited unequal applications such as voter registration requirements, segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations
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he was killed in a ballroom by a rival black Muslim while addressing his organization
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the second march of equality for African Americans. They marched to the capitol of Montgomery.
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wanted to overcome legal barriers so that African Americans can not vote
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was fatally shot in a motel while standing on the patio outside.
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A law passed by Congress for education amendments. Got rid of sex discrimination in education programs and activities
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Sandra Day O'Conner was the first lady appointed to the supreme court and for there on women were aloud into it
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the day Barack Obama was elected to be president of the united states. The inauguration set a record as well
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women were allowed to fight in combat in all of the us military
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was nominated to be in the democratic party and she also served as the first lady in 2001