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The civil rights movement was a concerted campaign by African-Americans to eradicate racial discrimination and achieve legal equality.
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President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which abolishes segregation in the military.
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Brown v. Board of Instruction, a solidification of five cases into one, is chosen by the Incomparable Court, viably finishing racial isolation in open schools. Numerous schools, be that as it may, remained segregated.
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Emmett Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago is cruelly killed in Mississippi for purportedly being a tease with a white lady. His killers are vindicated, and the case bring universal consideration to the respectful rights development after Jet magazine distributes a photo of Till’s beaten body at his open-casket funeral.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white man. This ended up in having the year long Montgomery Bus Boycott .
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60 African American ministers, including MLK, met in Atlanta,Georgia to create noviolent protests.
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Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is refusing to integrate nine Black pupils known as the "Little Rock Nine." Although President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops to escort the students, they are nonetheless mistreated.
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To help defend voting rights, Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law. The statute empowers people who obstruct another's right to vote to face criminal charges.