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court case that decided seperate schools are are by nature unequal. schools are now ordered to desegregate
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Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the white section of the bys and not giving up her seat, Organized by MLK
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After the school board voted to intergrate schools, the national guard prevents students from going to school. Federal paratroopers escort black studentas into the school
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10 men sat at a "whites only" counter in Greensboro, NC
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"Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commitee" was created on the campus of Shaw University that coordinated sit-ins like this one.
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Blacks and whits take the bus to the southern states to protest segregation on the buses.
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200,000 black and whites gather at Lincoln Memorial to protect racial injustice
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Poll tax is now outlawed
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Congress passed a law saying raciual discrimination was forbidded
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MLK earns the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent protests during the civil rights movement.