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Founded to ensure equal rights to all people, specifically african americans -
Many African Americans organized for them to sit down at tables and counters in Nashville and would continue for months. 12 days later, similar events in Greensboro -
Riots erupted over the attempted integration of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi -
Young African American students organized and through nonviolent protests brought attention to racial tensions in Birmingham
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Over 1000 students skipped class to march downtown -
Vivian Malone and James A. Hood enrolled in the University of Alabama after the National Guard forced desegregation -
250,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to address civil rights problems. MLKJ gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech -
A white man exploded a bomb in a church and killed 4 young black girls -
Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Volunteer campaign in Mississippi that attempted to register as many African Americans to vote as possible
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For 6 days, riots over the death of James Powell, a young African American student, raged in Harlem -
Malcolm X was assassinated by rival blacks -
Marquette Frye was being arrested but resisted and onlookers sparked the event into riots -
March that encouraged African Americans to vote
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Robert Kennedy was assassinated after addressing some supporters