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Supreme Court says it is unfair and illegal to keep African American children in separate schools
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, causing people to stop riding buses for over a year to fight unfair bus rules.
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Four African American college students sit at a whites only lunch table, causing more students to join and sit-ins spread in the south.
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Hundred's of kids and teens march for equal rights. During the march Audrey Faye Hendrick is the youngest child arrested.
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Dr. Martin Luther King gives his famous "I have a dream" speech.
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New laws are passed that say segregation is illegal and everyone should be treated equally in schools, and public places.
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Laws passed make it easier for African American's to register and vote.