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Separate but equal schools are decided to be unequal. Segregation in schools in removed.
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14 year old boy Emmett Till is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger which in turn sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
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James Meredith was the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. This led to violence and riots. President Kennedy sent 5,000 federal troops to help dissolve the matter.
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MLK Jr. was jailed during anti segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
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About 200,000 people join the march on Washington. Congregating at the Lincoln memorial to hear MLK Jr's famous "I have a dream" speech.
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