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Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional in schools, it paved the way for protesting segregation in other aspects of life.
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A young African American boy was shot and killed.
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She refuses to give her seat on the bus up to a white man and is arrested for doing so.
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Motgomery bus system desegregates
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The Southern Cristian Leadership Conference was formed by Martin Luther King JR, Fred L. Shuttleworth, and Charles K. Steele.
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Little Rock Central High School board meets to vote on school integration
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4 black students stage a sit in at a lunch counter where they are refused service
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Student volunteers begin testing state laws prohibiting segregation on buses and railway stations
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James Merideth, a black student, enrolls at the University of Mississippi using the integration laws
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Martin Luther King writes his letter.
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During protests in Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Eugene "Bull" Connor using police dogs and fire hoses on black protesters
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Head of Mississippi NAACP murdered by black protesters.
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Governor Wallace stands in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama before being forced by Kennedy to allow blacks to enroll.
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20,000 blacks and whites gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches of racism
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A Birmingham black church is bombed and 4 girls are killed.
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Outlawed poll tax on African Americans
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begins, civil rights workers help blacks register to vote. 3 were killed and many black churches and homes were burned in retaliation.
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forbid racial discrimination
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Civil rights workers James E. Chaney, Michale Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman are killed
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Breaks off of Elijah's Muhammad's Black Muslims and is murdered in retaliation
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Martine Luther King Jr. leads a 54 mile march to support black voter registration.
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to support black voting
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over 100 riots occured in Los Angeles in black areas of looting, burning, and 34 deaths
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allow affirmative action for these rioters
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founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland, California.
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by Supreme Court
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Martin Luther King was shot down on his balcony in his home.