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Racial segregation in public schools was outlawed do the the court case.
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It was a protest where African Americans refused to use the bus due to the segregation and it was also known as the first large demonstration against segregation
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Nine African American students were kicked from Little Rock High School due to segregation but the President at the time, Eisenhower ordered an airborne division to allow those nine students to enter since they wanted to uphold the decision of the supreme court.
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Four African American students that went to A&T protested the whites only lunch counter by sitting at it anyway and they were refused service.
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Over 250,000 people gathered in the capital of the nation near the Lincoln memorial in order to protest for jobs and freedom, MLK also gave a speech at this protest.
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The president at the time, Lyndon Johnson, signed the civil rights bill into law which made stuff like employment discrimination and discrimination in public place illegal.
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A march with about 600 people involved happened in Alabama to pretest voting rights and the group was attacked by law enforcement.
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The president at the time, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act which made it so discriminatory voting practiced were outlawed.
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Martin Luther King was assassinated in Tennessee and it became a national day of mourning.
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The president at the time, Lyndon Johnson, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which added to the previous Civil RIghts Act by adding the fact that the selling of houses based on race was now illegal.