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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man
black people who normally use the bus boycott and bus services lost alot of money because none of them would take the buses
this boycott lasted 381 days -
It established the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, and empowered federal officials to prosecute individuals that conspired to deny or abridge another citizens right to vote
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Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
on first day kids were met by a vicious crowd of whites not apprecitive of the racial mixing of the school -
four black students sat at tables at a diner and wouldnt get served they didnt speak so they sat down without leaving
attack harrased and sent to jail -
anti segregation speakers who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States
some buses would get raided riders would get beat up some killed for trying to change segregation -
more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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staets outlawed descrimination agaisnt sex age race and religion
