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African-Americans realized that they needed to do something to have equality between them and the whites. So, that is when the Civil Rights Act came into action.
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The Supreme Court declared segregation on buses that crossed state borders was illegal.
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in the modern major leagues, breaking the color barrier in baseball that hasn't been broken for over half a century.
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Discrimination in the armed forces was banned.
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https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/american-civil-rights-timeline/ -
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down segregation of African Americans in graduate and law schools.
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Linda Brown, an 8-year-old girl in Topeka, Kansas, lives within walking distance of a whites-only elementary school. She has to travel by bus to a more distant school for African American children. Her father sues the school board of Topeka because his daughter can't go to the closer school. The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case of Linda Brown.
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https://www.biography.com/people/linda-brown-21134187 -
The first year since 1881 without Lynching.
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/04/alistair.cooke.letter.from.america1 -
The Supreme Court declared segregation in schools to be unconstitutional. The last all-black units in the armed forces were disbanded.
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Montgomery bus boycott started with Rosa Parks and kept going even after she was arrested.1955-1956
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The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I have a Dream" speech on August 28,1963.
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This ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
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https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/american-civil-rights-timeline/ -
Watts Riots began Wednesday, August 11 and ended Monday, August 16. Started because was pulled over for reckless driving in L.A.
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State laws forbidding interracial marriage were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated on April 4 1968.
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https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination
