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African Americans faced discrimination everywhere in United States
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Segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
In Topeka, Kansas, Reverend Oliver Brown sued the state for right to send his daughter to a white neighborhood school rather than a black school much farther away. -
Refuses to give up her seat, sparking protests... bus boycotts
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school became desegregated and Afrcan americans needed military help
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The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacistterrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacistterrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama
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Outlawed segregation in public facilities and banned discrimination work
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600 peaceful protesters tried to march to Montgomery from to protest their voting rights but were violently stopped by state troopers, many of the protesters were severely injured
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allowed African Americans right to vote
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Fireman used their powerful hoses as weapons and turned them on peaceful protesters
