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The Supreme court decided that separtate schools for blacks and whites were considered unconsitutional.
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August 28th, 1955 Emmit Till, a black boy was murdered for flirting with a white woman.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person.
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Was the first largtest demonstration againts segregation.
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Nine black students enrolled in a white school in Little Rock, Alabama Video
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Four black college freshmen sat down at a white-only lunch counter and sat there untill closing time when they were refused service.
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James Farmer arranged plans for an interracial Freedom Ride through the South to protest segregated interstate travel. Video
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Marin Luther King gives a speech in Washington DC that calles for an end to racism in the US. Video
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About 200,000 people join in on the event, leading to Martin Luther King famous speech "I Have A Dream"
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A bomb that went off in a church in Birmingham, Alabama killed four black girls, popular place for civil rights meetings.
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An act that outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment on basis of race, skin color, sex, religion, or national origin passed
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A group of 600 marchers to march from Selma to Mongtomery in a civil rights demonstration. Video
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The Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson which outlawed various practices that denied voter registration to minorities.
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Race riots erupt in a black section of Los Angeles. Video
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Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated in a motel in Memphis, TN
