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The Supreme Court decided that it was legal to have "separate but equal" facilities were equal
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President Harry Truman abolished racial discrimination in the military
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Repealed the court's ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson and made desegregation policy to be instituted as fast as possible
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When a white man got on the bus Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and got arrested this started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Nine Black Students try to register for an all white high just to get stopped by an angry mob and National Guard Soldiers
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200,000 to 300,000 protesters march down the National Mall to the Lincoln Memorial and watch Dr. King give his I Have a Dream Speech
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Congress passes the act to give African Americans equal rights in everything but voter registration
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Dr. King and a group of protesters attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
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Congress finally gave everybody voting rights banning tactics used to stop people from voting
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Dr. Martin Luther King jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray
