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The decision made by the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education case outlawed racial segregation in public schools and helped blacks eventually obtain better education.
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The Federal Interstate Commerce Commission outlaws segregation on interstate buses as well as trains, promoting integration.
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Rosa Parks refused to stand up for a white man to sit and got arrested. This event helped start the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott ends and Alabama buses were fully integrated, so blacks did not have to give up their seats.
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The Civil Acts Act of 1957 made the Civil Rights Commission and allowed the Justice Department to investigate cases of African Americans being disenfranchised in the southern states.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded to fight for equal rights for all, with Dr. King elected as the first president; later, this organization would play a major role in other protests.
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In North Carolina, 4 students at the North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College go to a lunch counter and asked to be served. After being denied, they continue to sit quietly until the store closes; this caused many similar sit-ins and other protests in the South.
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Activists try and protest for civil rights in Albany, Georgia to discourage racism and discrimination.
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He orders the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce stricter regulations for buses and other facilities to integrate.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. comes to Albany to support the cause and stays for three-quarters of a year, or nine months.
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King works with the SCLC and the SNCC in a variety of protests in Birmingham, Alabama, to fight for equal rights, but he is arrested on April 12th, 1963.
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When ministers from Alabama tell Dr. King to be patient when trying to overturn segregation, he responds with this letter to support his actions for equality.
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The famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a famous nonviolent protest where almost 250,000 people attended. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his well-known "I Have a Dream" speech, moving many attendees.
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Congress passes this act to prohibit discrimination in public areas and discrimination by race for employment, which was a major step towards ending segregation and discrimination.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson declares all voting requirements that discriminate against race illegal, ensuring all who meet the basic requirements can vote, helping black men ensure their voting rights.