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African Americans face discrimination throughout the US and they face segregation in public facilities
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The Supreme court ruled to desegregate schools
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. African Americans Boycotted buses
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Governor refuses to obey supreme court decision to desegregate central high school. President Dwight Eisenhower orders 101st US Army Airborne Decision and the nationalized Arkansas National Guard to escort nine African American students.
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Firemen used there hoses as weapons and turned them on peaceful protesters campaigning.
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A black church was bombed and four children were killed
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it Outlawed segregation in public facilities and banned discrimination in employment based on a persons race, gender, religion, or nationality.
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600 peaceful protesters tried to march to Montgomery from Selma to protest for voting rights but were stopped by state troopers and beaten. Many were severely injured.
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The banning of tests and taxes to vote.
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King was shot to death on April 4, 1968 by James Earl
