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NAACP sues to stop segregation. It was lead by Thurgood Marshall. The south resists de-segregation.
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Rosa Parks refuses to move from her seat and gets arrested. It starts the fight to end segregation.
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Martin Luther KInd,jr is made president od the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It bases its principles on nonviolence.
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He became the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Riots broke out and President Kennedy had to send troops.
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He is put in jail during an anti segregation protest. King writes seminal letterfrom Birmingham Jail. It says people have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.
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Eugene "bull" Connoe uses brutal methods to stop the protesting. He uses fire hoses and attack dogs on african americans.
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March on Washington, 200,000 people come to hear his i have a dream speech.
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It abolishes the poll tax.
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It eliminated literacy tests.
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JAmes Earl Ray shot him on his balcony outside his hotel room.
