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Brown vs. board of education was one of the greatest supreme court cases of the 20th century
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The ruling declared that racial segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
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The arrest of Rosa parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott which was a 13 month long protest that ended with the supreme court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
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four African american college students walked up to a white only lunch counter at the local Woolworth store in Greensboro, north Carolina and asked for coffee. They were denied service and the students sat patiently, despite threats and intimidation.
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in the 1960s types of music that were becoming popular were rock, folk music, surf rock, psychedelic rock, and roots rock.
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in the 1960s types of music that were becoming popular were rock, folk music, surf rock, psychedelic rock, and roots rock.
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hardened by his early experience as a migrant worker, Chavez founded national farm association.
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over 200,000 american citizens gathered in Washington D.C., for a political rally known as the march of Washington for jobs and freedom.
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Hippies were the largest counter cultural classification, and were made up of mostly white members in the middle class
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the civil rights act outlawed the discrimination of people based on race,color,religion sex or national origin and gave equal access to public places and employment.
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The black power movement is one of the most misunderstood and understudied protest movements in american history.
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shock waves were heard around the world with the news that U.S. civil rights leader had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
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a state law banned abortions except to save the mothers life.
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fidel castro announces that anyone who would like tom leave Cuba may do so. over a period of five months over 125,000 Cuban immigrants arrive in southern Florida.
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The feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s originally focused on changing the workplace inequality. which where things such as denial of access to better jobs.