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The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. This arrest started a bus boycott. 17,000 African Americans did not ride a bus for more than a year.
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The SCLC is created, and Martin Luther King Jr. is appointed president.
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Four African American students from North Carolina hold a sit-in at the lunch counter of a segregated Woolworth's. Althought refused service, they were allowed to stay.
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Dr. King is arrested and jailed. During his imprisonment, he wrote his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
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200,000 people join the March on Washington where Dr. King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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President Johnson signed this Act that prohibited discrimination of all kind based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
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This Act is passed, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.
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The Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
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Dr. King is assasinated on the balcony outside his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee
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This Act prohibited the discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
