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The first african american drafted in a profession sport. The first thought of unsegregation.
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Brown v, Board of Education case, that was going since 1953, went all the way to the Supreme Court and on this day they decided segregation in schools was unequal
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white male and was arrested. Starts the boycott that lasted to December 20, 1965
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Nine African Americans were allowed to go to school in an all white high school and whites protested it. this group was called The Little Rock Nine.
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4 college African Americans sat in an all white lunch counter and was verbally and physically tortured for being there but later 19 movie students joined to take a stand.
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A quarter million people marched on a famous statue to show how change needs to happen with the leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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4 African American girls died in church when white racialist bombed their church which was a headquarter during the movement.
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The law that there couldn't be segregation in public places signed by Lyndon Johnson
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A law signed by Lyndon Johnson that allowed all race to vote
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A high civil rights leader was killed at a hotel in Memphis,Tennessee, due to his efforts on helping by James Earl Ray.
