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in 1947 jackie played for the Dodgers
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rosa parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. she was arrested and charged with voilating the laws of segregation.
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December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956 the mongomery bus boycott was when african americans protested to refuse to ride the buses in montgomery alabama
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December 20, 1956 the end of the montgomery bus boycott
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"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963,
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March on Washington August 28, 1963 More than 200,000 blacks and whites gather before Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches and protest racial injustice
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Civil Rights Act passed July 1964, Congress passes law forbidding racial discrimination in many areas of life, including hotels, voting, employment, and schools
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Malcolm X assassinated February 1965 Rejecting integration and nonviolence. His murderer was thomas hagan.
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April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assasignated by James Earl Ray(an escaped convict)
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Robert Kennedy (brother of John Kennedy) was a presidential canidate before he was killed. HIs murderer was SIrhan Sirhan and Robert was shot in a motel right before he was going to give his famous victory speech June 6, 1968
