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landmark Brown v. Board decision gave LDF its most celebrated victory
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she was arrested for not being willing to ride in the back of the bus
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the governor of Arkansas called National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering Little Rock High School
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the success led to a wider sit-in movement, organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), that spread throughout the South.
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this march was a major milestone for all races it covered by over 3000 members of the press
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This act outlawed racial discrimination in public facilities, employment, and schools
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civil rights demonstrators were attacked by state troopers and sheriff's deputies in Selma, Alabama. This violent attack became known as "Bloody Sunday".
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President Lyndon Johnson came to the Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act
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Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.