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PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE CIVIL RGHTS ACT OF 1968.
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT STARTS WITH BROWN vs. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.
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EMMET TILL IS KIDNAPPED, SHOT, AND BRUTALLY BEATEN WHILE ON HIS WAY TO MISSISSIPPI TO VISIT FAMILY. THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE HE WHISTLED AT A WHITE WOMAN.
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ON A BUS ROSA PARKS A BLACK WOMEN REFUSES TO GIVE HER SEAT TO WHITE MAN BUT GETS ARRESTED. LUCKILY SHE STARTS BUS BOYCOTTS.
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NINE BLACK BOYS FIND OUT INTERGATION IS EASIER SAID THEN DONE WHEN THEY ARE BLOCKED FROM GOING TO SCHOOL BY GOVERNER ORVAL FAUBAS. PRESIDENT JFK REACTS BY SENDING TROOPS TO LET THE KIDS IN. THE NINE KIDS ARE KNOWN AS THE LITTLE ROCK NINE.
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JAMES MERIDITH BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK TO GO TO MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY. THIS STARTED RIOTS.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING IS PUT IN JAIL FOR ANTI-SEGRAGATION PROTESTS.
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MEDGAR EVANS OF NAACP MURDERED OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. GIVES HIS SPEECH AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
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4 GIRLS ARE MURDERED BY THE KKK FROM BOMBING ON 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHUCH.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.
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3 MEN ARE FOUND IN AN EARTHEN DAM, ONE BLACK AND 2 WHITE.
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MALCOM X IS SHOT AND KILLED.
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RIOTS START IN NEWARK AND DETROIT.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR IS SHOT WHILE STANDING ON A BALCONY.
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PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991.
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AFTER DECADES RIOTS START AGIAN DUE TO TH VIDEOTAPED BEATING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RODNEY KING.
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SADLY ROSA PARKS DIES AT AGE 92 RIP.
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CORETTA KING DIES AT AGE 72 OF A STROKE RIP.
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BARACK OBAMA IS SWORN TO BE THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.
