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Supreme Court ruling that stated that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. It overturned the 1896 ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson that stated 'separate but equal' was ok.
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14 year old black boy was brutally killed after he whistled at a white girl. The killers went to court, and had an all white jury, and was proved innocent. They later claimed they killed him in a mazagine months later.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man on a bus. She was arrested, and the blacks started the bus boycott which lasted close to a year, and showed their determination to end segregation.
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George Wallace went to University of Alabama and blocked the doorway so blacks students couldn't go in. He made a speech that said 'segregation now, segregation forever'. Later, he stepped down after being asked by the National Guard.
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Blacks started in march in Montgomery, and were attacked by the cops. They used tear gas and dogs and more.
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Voting became much easier for blacks. The tests they made were much easier.
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The Black Panther Party was created to fight segregation violently. The founders were Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
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Martin Luther King was shot and killed. He was a big leader for blacks.
