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The supreme court ruled that segregation within schools is unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" to a white passenger.
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Nine African-American students are prevented from entering the high school by orders of the governor after integration begins to take place.
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200,000 people join the March and congregate around the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous " I have a dream" speech.
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Four young girls are killed while attending sunday school when a bomb explodes at the Baptist Church.
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President Johnson signs the legislation, prohibiting descrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
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Malcom X is shot to death
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At the ageof 39 Martin Luther King Jr. is shot while standing on the balcony outside of his hotel room.
