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Plessy v. Ferguson (1986)
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Supreme Court rules that "Separate" is inherently "unequal" -- this case over-rules Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which said that "Separate but Equal" was constitutional under the 14th Amendment -
Emmett Till is killed in Money, MS
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Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama
She refused to give up her seat on the bus, and as a result, people in Montgomery, led by the young MLK, stayed off the busses in a boycott that lasted for more than a year (December 5, 1955 – December 20, 1956) -
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
MLK gave a famous speech at this event, and the event was attended by about 200,000 to 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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MLK assassinated