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Lankmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to white passengers on a bus stop.
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Day when Rosa Parks was tried, and was charged offenses. Many black citizens refused to ride buses that day, some walking as far as 20 miles on a dark, rainy day.
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Integration of black students in Little Rock, Arkansas at Little Rock Central High School where students were escorted by Police Officers against white students and National Guard soldiers.
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Sit-ins in Nashville to desegregate lunch counters started.
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Riders the joined this movement would board buses and travel interstate to test the unconstitutionality of segregation of people conducting interstate travel.
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March for racial equality on Washington, D.C.
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Campaign started by SCSL to bring attention to racial segregation in Birmingham. Forms of rebellion included riots, sit-ins and boycotts.
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Established the abolition of major forms of segregation and racial discrimination.
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Day when Martin Luther King was assassinated. Several riots across the nation followed after the assassination.