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Adopted on July 4. Declared our independence form Great Britain, and stated that all men are created equal.
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The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are not citizens and therefore could not sue.
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It stated that "all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free."
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Abolished slavery
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Granted citizenship, due process, and equal protection.
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Allowed all men to vote regardless of race
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Upheld segregation, Separate but equal
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Born on June 25, 1933- first African American admitted to the University of Mississippi.
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Championed equality
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Established equality in the Armed Services
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Ruled that segregation of schools is unconstitutional
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He was an African-American boy who was murdered for flirting with a white girl
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat.
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People boycotted the Montgomery Bus system after the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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Formed January 10, 1957- is an African-American civil rights organization
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Nine African American students entered a white public school
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Four African American students were refused service. The students refused to leave until the store closed
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Lead youth based non-violent campaigns to end racism.
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In 1961 people rode buses to the Deep South and challenged segregated rulings.
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The Congress of Racial Equality helped maximize the efforts of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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by Martin Luther King, Jr. The letter champions nonviolent resistance to racism
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Medgar Evers is killed- on June 12, 1963. Byron De La Beckwith was the killer
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King called for the end of racism and discrimination in America.
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More than 200,000 Americans marched to Washington, D.C. where king delivered his speech
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Robert Chambliss, Herman Cash, Thomas Blanton and Bobby Cherry bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
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outlawed major forms of discrimination
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Gave people of all races equal opportunities in the work force
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A political organization that sought to end racism and promote black freedom and culture.
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A riot broke out after police officers executed a raid on an afterhours drinking club.
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James Earl Ray killed King on April 4, 1968
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Died January 24, 1993- He was a U.S. Supreme Court justice and civil rights advocate.
