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segregration law becomes a official part of montgomery city code
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He is the first black man to join the Brooklyn Dodgers
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At 14, Emmett Till was brutally murdered for flirting with a white girl.
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Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person breaking the law.
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Four black university students from N.C. A&T University began a sit-in at a segregated F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Although they were refused service, they were allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggered similar nonviolent protests throughout the South.
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james meredith became the first black student to attend University of Mississippi
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Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.
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Dr. martin luther king delivers his i have a dream speech
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malcolm x is assasinated as he begins speaking at the Audubon Ballroom, New York.
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President obama is sworn in as the first black persident
